[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough].

  • Hammersmith (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1948?]
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    19 CERTIFICATES OF ESSENTIALITY AND BUILDING LICENCES. The arrangements existing for dealing with applications for building licences have continued in operation through out the year. The Sanitary Inspectors have continued to investigate and report upon all applications received. The number of applications received during the year was 5,494. Certificates of Essentiality were dispensed with after the 31st January, the licensing of all work to private dwellings after that date becoming a matter for the local authority irrespective of the estimated cost of the work. On the 1st September, the system of issuing Certificates of Essential Repair to assist builders to obtain materials was superseded by the issue of W.B.A. Material Priority Certificates, which are issued by the Borough Engineer and Surveyor on the recommendation of the Sanitary Inspector. LANDLORD AND TENANT (WAR DAMAGE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1941. Applications for certificates of fitness for housing purposes are dealt with by the Senior Sanitary Inspector. One application was received during the year, which was granted. EXHUMATION AND RE-INTERMENT OF BODIES. During the year twenty-two Licences were granted by the Secretary of State for the exhumation and removal of bodies from graves in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Boad. Each of these was attended by the Sanitary Inspector for this area, and in each case it was possible to certify that the removal was carried out in a proper manner.