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Offensive Trades.
The following businesses carried on in the Borough are classified
■as offensive trades :—
Skin dressers r
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boap boilers
These premises were regularly inspected during the year.
Rag and Bone Dealers.
The number of rag and bone dealers' premises entered in the
Register at the end of 1938 was 25.
Thirty-six inspections were made of the premises and three
notices were served.
It was necessary for four summonses to be issued for infringements
of the by-laws.
Rag Flock Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 136.
Two samples of Rag Flock were examined by the Public
Analyst and both were found to conform to the standard of cleanliness
prescribed by regulations made by the Minister of Health.
Sanitary Conveniences Attached to Licensed Premises
During 1938 the Sanitary Inspectors made 1,042 inspections
of sanitary conveniences attached to licensed premises in the
Borough.
At the end of the year there were 70 public houses in the
Borough with urinals opening direct on to the public footway.
Removal to Institutions of Aged, Infirm or Physically
Incapacitated Persons.
During the year 30 complaints were received concerning aged
or infirm persons living in insanitary conditions.
It was not necessary to apply for a Magistrate's Order for the
compulsory removal of any of these old people.
In seven instances it was possible to persuade these old people
to enter an Institution, in 15 cases it was arranged for the premises
to be cleansed, thus enabling the person to remain at home, in two
instances the persons were found to be mental cases and were dealt
with by the Relieving Officer : one old person obtained medical
attention, and the remaining five cases did not warrant the attention
of this Department.