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Housing Act, 1936
Number of houses made fit after service of formal
notices (Section 9, 10, 11 and 16) : —
(a) by owners 5
(b) by local authority in default of owners 1
Housing—Improvement Grants
No improvement grants were made and in fact there
were very few enquiries with regard to grants.
The decision not to make grants was adopted previously
after careful consideration of the whole position.
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954—Disrepair Certificates
Nine applications for disrepair certificates were made by
tenants following service of notices of increase of rents by
their landlords. In each case a certificate was issued.
One application for the revocation of a certificate was
made and this was granted.
Overcrowding
Little statutory overcrowding came to the notice of
the department. Special consideration was given in the
Council's housing points scheme to any applicant who was
overcrowded.
Moveable Dwellings
Public Health control of moveable dwellings in the area
is effected by means of Section 345 of the Middlesex County
Council Act as amended by the 1950 Act and by byelaws.
The consent of the Council is required to the placing or
keeping of any moveable dwelling used or intended to be
used as the sole or principal means of habitation for more
than three months in any year. During the year six applications
for consent were received, five were refused and a
limited consent given in the other case. In addition action
was taken to secure the removal of three other caravans in
respect of the use of which no consent had been given.
Very little trouble was experienced with the wandering
gypsy. Much of the land previously camped upon by these
people was no longer available to them.
Shops
All shops were regularly inspected, the department
administering the whole of the provisions of the Shops Act,
1950, the frequency of inspection depending upon the class
of business carried on.