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Malden and Coombe 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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Improvement Areas.
The Housing Act, 1964, imposes a duty on the Local Authority to inspect
its district and may declare defined areas as Improvement Areas. Owners of
properties in these areas may be required to improve their houses by providing
the facilities qualifying them for Standard grant.
R ENT ACT, 1957
The following tables show the matters dealt with under the Act. Applications for Certificates of Disrepair.
| Number of applications for certificates | 2 |
| Number of decisions not to issue certificates | Nil. |
| Number of decisions to issue certificates- | |
| (a) in respect of some but not all defects | 1 |
| (b) in respect of all defects | 1 |
| Number of undertakings given by landlords under paragraph 5 of the First Schedule | 1 |
| Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority under proviso to paragraph 5 of the First Schedule | Nil. |
| Number of Certificates issued | 2 |
Applications for cancellation of certificates.
| Applications by Landlords to Local Authority for cancellation of certificates | Nil. |
| Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates | Nil. |
| Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of tenants' objection | Nil. |
| Certificates cancelled by Local Authority | Nil. |
| Applications by Landlords or tenants for certificate as to the remedying of defects which Landlord has undertaken to remedy. | |
| Certificates issued to landlords | Nil. |
| Certificates issued to tenants | Nil. |
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION
The following disinfections were carried out:
After infectious disease 11 rooms
3 loads of bedding.