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(g) Bakehouses.
There are 132 bakehouses on the Register compared with 222,
214, 214 and 140 for the years, 1901, 1911, 1921 and 1931
respectively; 33 are underground and machinery is
installed in 44.
(h) Food Premises, see page 59.
Smoke Abatement.
Metal plates containing suggestions to avoid the unnecessary
emission of smoke have now been distributed to all firms using
hand- and oil-fired boilers in the area. These have been fixed
prominently in the stokeholds and are appreciated.
No. of complaints received 24
No. of intimation Notices served 14
No. of observations made 277
Every effort is made to enlist co-operation with industry by the
sanitary inspectors in order to reduce the waste and nuisance from
smoke.
Schools.
No schools in the district are under the control of the Borough
Council as the County Council is the Education Authority.
Close touch is kept with the school authorities, however, in so far
as infectious disease is concerned.
Housing.
The co-operation with the London County Council in offering
to provide accommodation for persons displaced through action by
the Borough Council in making use of section 20 Housing Act, 1930,
was extended in the early part of the year to action taken under
section 19. In all, under the latter section, 109 houses were
represented for demolition. With the alternative accommodation
offered it has been possible during the year, to make demolition
orders upon 14 houses which have since been demolished,
while three others were demolished voluntarily after representation,
and ten others have been voluntarily closed or demolished without
the necessity for representation. In the remainder no proceedings
were taken after the representations were made, and they are being
held over by arrangement with the County Council as some were
included in County Council schemes which have since been
represented by the County Medical Officer and for the others the
alternative accommodation which at one time had been offered was
later, owing to unforeseen circumstances, found not to be available.
Fifteen representations were made under section 20, during the
year, respecting underground rooms used for sleeping purposes,
and ten closing orders made were complied with.
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