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Twenty-eight notifications of the installation of new boiler plant were received in accordance with
the provisions of section 3 of the Clean Air Act.
The Council is represented on an Inter-borough Smoke Control Liaison Committee, which includes
delegates from Hammersmith, Fulham, Brentford and Chiswick, Acton, Barnes and Richmond Councils,
and meets at Hammersmith Town Hall.
DISINFEST ATION
The Public Health Inspectors inspect verminous premises and supervise the work of disinfestors
employed by the Council (section 83 of the Public Health Act, 1936) (Table 35). There was a decrease in
the work compared with the previous year.
The Council provide transport for clothing and bedding requiring disinfection and disinfestation
at the Neasden Hospital (section 84 of the Public Health Act, 1936). The Council's attendant disinfects and
disinfests rooms, and collects and delivers the clothing and bedding.

at the following cost:—
Business premises £1,271 13 11
Private dwellings £1,599 9 0
£2,871 2 11
The cost of disinfestation at business premises is recovered from the occupiers; 109 had an annual
agreement with the Council for regular inspection and disinfestation. Three were new agreements and 106
renewals. The service is free to occupiers of private dwellings.
Rodent control in the Council's sewers is carried out by the Borough Engineer's Department.
Where surface rat infestation is due to faults in the connections of the house drains with the sewer, the
Borough Engineer's Department arranges for opening the pavement.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES
The Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960, which came into operation on the 1st October of
that year prescribed standards for the preparation, storage and sale of clean food. There has been a
marked improvement in hvgiene in the production and sale of food since the first regulations (the Food
Hygiene Regulations, 1955) came into force on 1st January, 1956.
Public Health Inspectors inspect food premises regularly and serve verbal or written notice to
improve the standards of food hygiene. Improvements in some premises are still either in progress or
arrangements are being made for them to be carried out (Tables 37 and 38).
The proprietors of a self-service store were prosecuted for ten contraventions of the Food Hygiene
Regulations and were fined £50 with £5 5s. 0d. costs.
An assistant in a greengrocer's and fruiterer's store was prosecuted for smoking while handling
open food and was fined £5 with £2 2s. 0d. costs.
Premises where food is prepared
Premises which manufacture or sell ice-cream or prepare or manufacture sausages, potted, pressed,
pickled or preserved foods, including cooked meat or fish intended for sale, must be registered by the
Council. If the Council refuses or cancels a registration, the owner can appeal first to them and if unsuccessful
to a court of summary jurisdiction (Table 39).
Premises where ice-cream is manufactured are kept under constant supervision. Most of the icecream
sold in the borough is manufactured outside the district, and is usually pre-packed. The ice-cream
reaches a high standard of purity (Table 9).
Education in food hygiene
Lectures and talks illustrated with film shows, filmstrips and bacteriological cultures were given to
social organisations and school leavers.
Food poisoning
It is pleasing to report that there was no outbreak of food poisoning in the borough. This is probably
a reflection of the general improvement in handling, preparation, storage and sale of food.
In addition, there was a decrease in the number of individual cases of food poisoning notified.