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15.
July, 1957. The cost of the improvement works was £3,602, a 50% grant
of £1,801 being made. A further grant was made by the Council under
the provisions of Section 93 of the Housing Act, 1936, of £1,801.
This is the second conversion carried out by this Society
providing accommodation for old people. The rentals are fixed so as
to cover the estimated annual expenditure without showing a profit and
the tenants are enabled to maintain their independence which is so
important to old people.
RENT ACT. 1957.
This Act came into operation on the 6th July, 1957, and among
other matters made provision for a permitted increase of rents of houses
with rateable values of £40 or less in the Metropolitan Police District.
A local authority's responsibility under this act is to deal
with applications from tenants for certificates of disrepair.
Applications for Certificates of Disrepair.
Number of applications for certificates 42
Number of decisions not to issue certificates Nil.
Number of decisions to issue certificates -
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 30.
(b) in respect of all defects 7.
Number of undertakings given by landlords under
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 26.
Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority
vinder proviso to paragraph 5 of the First Schedule Nil.
Number of Certificates issued 11.
Applications for cancellation of certificates.
Applications by landlords to Local Authority
for cancellation of certificates 2.
Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates 1.
Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite
of tenants' objection Nil.
Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 1.
WATER SUPPLY.
The whole of the area is supplied by the Metropolitan Water
Board and the supply has been satisfactory both as regards quantity and
quality. In view of the large number of routine bacteriological and
chemical examinations carried out by the Water Examination Department
of the Board it was not considered necessary to make any routine tests.
One water sample was taken on receipt of a complaint, the report on
which was satisfactory. All dwelling houses in the area are supplied
by public water mains direct to the houses.