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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Surbiton 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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NOTICES SERVED, LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES ISSUED
(Cont.)
| Statutory notices under section 15 (1) Housing Act, 1961, requiring execution of works to render premises reasonably suitable by persons or household occupying them | |
| Statutory notices under section 170, Housing Act, 1957, requiring information as to ownership pf premises | 2 |
| Licences under The Pet Animals Act, 1951, to keep a pet shop | 4 |
| Licences under Animals Boarding Establishments Act, 1963, to keep an animal boarding establishment | 3 |
| Statutory notices under Rent Act, 1957 Certificate as to the remedying of defects specified in a Landlord's Undertaking to remedy defects (Form P) | 4 |
| Statutory notice under Rent Act, 1957, by Local Authority to tenant of refusal to issue Certificate of Disrepair | |
| TOTAL :- | 346 |
HOUSING
| 1. Inspection of dwelling houses during the year :- | |||
| (a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 129 | ||
| (b) Number of dwelling houses (included under sub-heading (a) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations 1925 and 1932 | 27 | ||
| (c) Number of dwelling houses found to be unfit for human habitation | Nil | ||
| (d) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found to be unfit for human habitation but capable at a reasonable expense of being rendered so fit | 92 | ||
| 2. Rememdy of defects without service of Formal Notices | |||
| Number of defective dwelling houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers - (including some from previous years) | 82 | ||
| 3. Action under Statutory Powers:- | |||
| (A) Proceedings under Sections 9 and 10 Housing Act, 1957 | |||
| (i) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs. | Nil | ||