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PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS WHICH CAN BE CONTROLLED
BY BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
Offensive Trades.—There are two licensed premises for such trades in St.
Pancras, viz., a tripe-dresser's in Kentish Town Road, and a tallow-melter's
in Tudor Place. 38 visits were made to these premises in 1919, a number of
these being special night observations of the tallow-melting premises.
In connection with the tallow-melter's premises proceedings were taken in
March, 1919, under Section 21 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
upon a certificate to the Council signed by more than ten inhabitants of the
district that the premises were a nuisance or dangerous to health. The
summons was withdrawn on the defendants undertaking to make certain
alterations in the premises with a view to preventing the nuisance.
Proceedings were instituted in November under the same section in connection
with a soap-making works in Whiffen's Yard, Sharpleshall Street,
which had recently been established. This case was settled on the defendants
agreeing to discontinue the processes which caused the nuisance.
Reference is made in Section III. of this Report to Dairies, Cowsheds,
Milkshops, Bakehouses, Slaughter-houses, Fried Fish and Fish Curing
premises, and other food premises. Tenement houses and underground rooms
are dealt with in Section VIII. (Housing).
Registered Tenement Houses.
At the end of 1919 there were 2365 such houses on the Register. Statistics
as to inspection of these and other houses will be found in tables, Nos. 7 and
12, on pages 109 and 114.
Smoke-Prevention.
During the year 79 observations of smoke shafts were made. There were
no prosecutions.
Constructional Drain Work.
The sanitary inspectors have the duty of supervising all work upon drains,
including construction, reconstruction and repairs. During the year the
following work has been done under this heading:—
First
inspections.
Consequent
re-inspections.
, Drainage work done under notice 200 2039
Voluntary drainage work 1500 2910
Drains of new buildings 109 199
1809 5148