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Number of decisions to issue certificates -
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 3
(b) in respect of all defects 3
Number of undertakings given by landlords to remedy
defects (Form 'K' ) 4
Number of certificates issued 2
Number of applications by landlords to Local
Authority for cancellation of certificates 2
Number of objections by tenants to cancellation
of Certificates -
Number of certificates cancelled 3
(4) At the end of the year, the following 13 houses, subject
to Demolition or Closing Orders or to undertakings not to
re-let till rendered fit were still occupied:
Date of Closing Order
Situation or Undertaking.
10 Ivy Road, Hounslqw 28. 6.55.
Shrewsbury Place, Upper Square, Isleworth 17.11.64.
38 Haliburton Road, Isleworth. 29. 5.56.
181 High Street, Cranford. 1. 6.64.
189 High Street, Cranford. 1. 6.64.
195 High Street, Cranford. 1. 6.64.
165 Martindale Road, Hounslow. 25. 7.50.
1 Woodfield Road, Cranford. 21.12.64.
3 Woodfield Road, Cranford. 21.12.64.
5 Woodfield Road, Cranford. 21.12.64.
7 Woodfield Road, Cranford. 21.12.64.
9 Woodfield Road, Cranford. 21.12.64.
11 Woodfield Road, Cranford. 21.12.64.
All these houses are incapable of being made fit at a reasonable cost
and in each case the owner has had full opportunity to submit to the Council any
proposals for their retention and to object to the action taken by the Council.
The Housing Department is kept informed of adverse housing conditions
coming to the notice of the Health Department and assistance is given in the
assessment of applications for re-housing where priority on medical grounds is
claimed.
During the year the Council approved expenditure as under:-
(a) advances of £503,087 for house purchase under the Housing
(Financial Provisions) Acts, 1958 and 1959 in relation to
171 houses.
(b) improvement grants of £5,624 under section 30 of Housing
(Firtancial Provisions) Act, 1958 in relation to 19 houses.
(c) repairs loans of £5,672 under the Housing (Financial Provisions)
Acts, 1958 and 1959 in relation to 21 houses.
(d) standard grants of £1,920 under Section 4 of the House Purchase
and Housing Act, 1959 in relation to 22 houses.
GENERAL MATTERS.
BURIALS. Under Section 50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, it is
the duty of the Council to arrange the burial of any person who has died in the
district, where it appears that there are no suitable arrangements for the
disposal of the body. During 1964 two burials were arranged in accordance with
this section.
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