Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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TABLE 25. —RENT ACT, 1957.
The Rent Act, 1957, came into operation on the 6th July, 1957,
and repealed the Housing Repairs and Rent Act, 1954.
The 1957 Act permits the rents of controlled houses to be increased
within specified limits, and lays down a procedure to enable the tenant
and landlord to reach agreement on works of repair which should be
carried out to the property.
Should agreement not be possible, the tenant may apply to the local
authority for a Certificate of Disrepair which, if granted, stops the
rent increase. The landlord has the opportunity, however, of giving
an undertaking to carry out the repairs within 6 months, and if such
an undertaking is accepted by the local authority, the rent increase
continues to be payable.
The following tables show the action taken since the Act came into
force: —
PART 1. — Applications for Certificates of Disrepair.
1957-1963 | 1964 | |
---|---|---|
Number of applications | 123 | 3 |
Number of decisions not to issue certificates | 5 | 1 |
Number of decisions to issue certificates:— | ||
(a) in respect of some but not all defects | 84 | 2 |
34 | Nil | |
Number of undertakings given by landlords | 86 | 2 |
Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority | 1 | Nil |
Number of certificates issued | 33 | Nil |
PART 2. — Applications for Cancellation of Certificates. | ||
Applications by landlords to Local Authority for cancellation of certificates | 17 | Nil |
Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates | 6 | Nil |
Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of tenants' objection | 4 | Nil |
Certificates cancelled by Local Authority | 15 | Nil |
SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
TABLE
The following foodstuffs, found to be unfit for human consumption, were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed.
cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | ozs. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fresh Foods (all classes) | 7 | 0 | 23 | 10 |
Tinned Meats, vegetables | 10 | 0 | 18 | 10 |
Tinned Fruits | 6 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
Animal Foods | — | 1 | 12 | 8 |
23 | 3 | 11 | 14 |