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Sutton and Cheam 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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RENT ACT, 1957
This Act came into operation on the 6th July, 1957 and applies
primarily to privately owned property let unfurnished as separate dwellings,
but it also affects furnished lettings.
The main effect of the Act was to free from rent control houses and
flats with rateable values exceeding £40 in the Metropolitan Police District,
and the City of London, or over £30 elsewhere in England and Wales, and
to allow limited increases in the rents of houses and flats still under rent
control. The Act has the general objective of enabling rented properties
to be put in repair, of increasing the total stock of rented accommodation,
and of securing a better use of existing housing accommodation
The following summary shews the number of applications received for
'Certificates of Disrepair', and for the cancellation thereof during the period
6th July, 1957 to 31st December, 1961.

(A) Applications for Certificates of Disrepair

From 6.7.1957 to end of 19611961 only
Number of applications received1404
Number of decisions not to issue certificates--
Number of applications withdrawn91
Number of decisions to issue certificates1313
(a) in respect of some, but not all defects1042
(b) in respect of all defects271
Number of undertakings given by landlords under paragraph 5 of the First Schedule (Form K)752
Numher of undertakings refused by Local Authority under proviso to paragraph 5 of the First Schedule1-
Number of certificates of disrepair issued (one application withdrawn after service of Form J)561
(B) Applications for Cancellation of Certificates
Number of applications received325
Number of objections to cancellation received6-
Number of certificates cancelled275
Number of objections to cancellation upheld .5-
Number cancelled in spite of tenant's objection1-

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 - WORKPLACES

InspectionsNumber of written and verbal noticesOccupiers prosecuted
452-