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Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts, 1920 and 1923.
The number of certificates granted under the Increase of
Rejit and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts during the year
was 19. In 15 cases the work (required on the notice was carried
out without action being taken, and in the remaining 4 cases the
work was in hand at the end of the year. In 3. cases certificates
were applied for but were not granted, the rent in one case not
having been increased, and in the remaining cases the necessary
work was done before the certificates could be granted. Under
Section 5 of the Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Act,
1923, it is not now necessary for the tenant to take proceedings
at the County Court, but a copy of the certificate must be served
on the landlord, who may, if the work is completed satisfactorilv,
obtain a certificate to this effect from the Sanitary Authority on
payment of one shilling.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904.
During the year attention was drawn by the Medical Officer
(Education) of the London County Council to 41 homes in the
Borouglh from which children were attending school in a verminous
condition, asking that steps be taken to deal with them under
the above Act.

The verminous bedding and clothing were taken to the disinfecting
station and steamed, and the verminous rooms fumigated
or sprayed, and, where necessary, notices were served upon the
owners to cleanse and strip the rooms if vermin was afterward?
found present.