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PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933
The names of 164 persons and the addresses of their business premises were
entered in the Authority' s register for the sale of Part II poisons at the end
of the year.
HOUSING
HOUSING ACT, 1957
Only one Clearance area was declared involving 53 houses and 103 families.
As regards individual unfit premises, one house was demolished, one
Closing Order made and three undertakings not to use rooms accepted.
Closing Orders were made in respect of parts of 58 houses; these included
51 individual underground rooms.
During the year one Closing Order for a whole house and 8 Closing Orders
for parts of buildings were determined.
HOUSING ACT, 1961
The Council decided to make Management Orders following the inspection of
six houses which were considered to be in an unsatisfactory state in consequence
of failure to maintain proper standards of management. The total number of
Management Orders made by the Council is now nineteen. One Management Order
was revoked during the year.
Overcrowding in Houses in multiple occupation causes the Department some
concern. The Housing Departments of the Borough and the Greater London Council
and others notify me of suspected cases of overcrowding and inspections are
carried out. A total of 232 houses occupied by more than one family were
inspected and in 151 instances action leading to the giving of a Direction was
taken.
HOUSING ACT, 1964
Only one application was received during the year from a tenant of a
property in the Borough requesting the provision of a bath, wash-hand basin with
hot and cold water supplies to both, and a ventilated food store, but no
statutory action was called for.
RENT ACT, 1957
Pour applications for Certificates of Disrepair were received. Three
certificates were issued and one landlord gave an undertaking to remedy the
defects.
Six applications for the cancellation of Certificates of Disrepair were
received and notice given to the tenants. At the end of the year four
certificates had been cancelled.
Three certificates as to remedying defects were issued during the year.
CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956
The three metropolitan boroughs had already made considerable progress
towards making the new London Borough of Hackney completely smoke free. At
the end of the year only one area of the Borough remained to be made the subject
of a Smoke control Order. The Hackney No. 9 Smoke Control Order came into
operation in 1965. Shoreditch (Moorfields) Order was confirmed to come into
operation on 1st April, 1966 and a further Order 'The Hackney No. 10 Order' was
awaiting confirmation.