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Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts, 1920 and 1923.
The number of certificates granted under the Increase of Rent
and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts during the year was 20.
In 13 cases the work required on the notice was carried out without
action being taken. In one case action was taken by the
tenant before completion of the work. In the remaining case no
action was taken, the owner having died. In one case a certificate
was applied for but not granted, the rent not having been
increased. 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
satisfactorily, 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 146 homes in the
Borough from which children were attending school in a verminous
condition, asking that steps be taken to deal with them under

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 afterwards
found present.