Damp problem in rented property - I have a baby!

[mummaliketoeat]

Hi
We moved into a rented property in august. It's an early 1900 end terraced house...
Basically from beginning of October (when the weather changed) there has been some serious damp and mould appeared which I wipe down.
Ive contacted my landlord several times regarding the problem
Downstairs there's black mould appearing on the inside lower wall - if you look outside can see that the brickwork needs recementing (landlord did point this out on visit but has not rectified yet)
But worse than this there's penetrating damp in my baby daughters room and in our bedroom coming through the brickwork
I often send photos of the damp and he comes back saying to us we have nothing to worry about and he will sort at some point... if it was just us I wouldn't worry but my baby girl it just panics me so much. It's the room she sleeps in and this is not going to be good for her health surely!
Our contract it's landlord responsibility to sort external property maintaining, but he hasn't !! He mentioned that it's our responsibility to wipe away damp but I think that it shouldn't be there in the first place!
What should I do in order to get this resolved?
Thank you...

Hi OP

Read the Shelter website section on how to get your landlord to do repairs (sorry for the clumsy link). england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/repairs

Put everything in writing, and if you speak to them keep a note of the time/date/main points of conversation.

If it is managed by a letting agent, approach them first.

Are you drying washing indoors? My neighbours had this problem with their then tenants and it was laundry (not had a problem before nor since they moved back in)

Have you got a de-humidifier. I means big plug in one not those boxes for windowsills. Mine is about 2ft tall. I also live a in a damp rented house that the landlord is slow to fix. I always run the dehumidifier overnight if I've got washing hung up. There is no room for a tumbler or I'd have one of them instead. If your windows have little vents then you can try leaving them open and if not, open the windows for an hour twice a day.
Have you got a fire? We have a shiela maid hung from the ceiling above ours for drying washing and it's much more efficient than radiators or clothes airers.
To wipe off black mould I find cillit bang mould amd mildew remover to be fantastic and it doesn't come back for a couple of weeks. It's in a purplish spray bottle.

There will be some local authority department you can contact too who will add a little pressure to the landlord to meet their responsibilities. First thing, the landlord will have to get a specialist surveyor in. They will determine how much is ‘lifestyle’ ie the way you are using, ventilating and heating the space, and how much is structural for the landlord to fix.

There may be some issues on the bigger side but usually when the weather changes, drying clothes indoors and not having proper ventilation will be a massive factor. We had this in our first house, we ventilated, bleached down the mould and then used a dehumidifier always during the winter months.