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VIII.—SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
HOUSING AND WORK OF SANITARY INSPECTION.

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 21. In
16 cases the work required on the notice was carried out; in 3 cases
the work was partly done, in one case the tenant removed, and in the
remaining case the premises has been rebuilt. In one case a certificate
was applied for but not granted, as the work necessary to make
the premises satisfactory in all respects was put in hand and completed
without delay. 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 49 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 above
Act. These homes were inspected, with the following results:—