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Environmental Health
CERTIFICATES OF DISREPAIR—RENT ACT, 1957
The following table gives details of the types and numbers of certificates applied for and the
action taken:—
Part I—Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
1. Number of applications for certificates 16
2. Number of decisions not to issue certificates —
3. Number of decisions to issue certificates
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 1
(b) in respect of all defects 18
4. Number of undertakings given by landlords under paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 11
5. Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority under proviso to paragraph 5 of the
First Schedule —
6. Number of Certificates issued 6
Part II—Application for cancellation of Certificates
7. Applications by landlords to Local Authority for cancellation of certificates 1
8. Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates —
9. Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of tenants' objections —
10. Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 1
CONTROL OF CARAVAN SITES

CLEAN AIR
Measurement and Investigation of Atmospheric Pollution
Seven stations to measure the daily volume of smoke and sulphur dioxide are maintained in the
Borough.
The table on page 100 shows the monthly averages of smoke and sulphur dioxide content in the
air for each station.
The records of the monthly smoke averages for January and June for the stations at West Mead
Clinic and Grange Park School over the last 7 years are set out on page 101. Grange Park School
has been situated in a Smoke Control Area since 1960 and is now surrounded by other Smoke Control
Areas. West Mead Clinic is situated in a Smoke Control Area that became operative this year and is
the only Smoke Control Area in that neighbourhood. A 10 acre square with the station as a centre
point sited at Grange Park School would include 123 houses and 8 other properties; at West Mead
Clinic it would include 122 houses and 2 other properties. The pollution recorded clearly indicates
the benefits gained by the Smoke Controlled Areas.