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Hammersmith 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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3. Outwork
| Section 110 | Section 111 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Outworkers in August list required by Section 110/l(c) | No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council | No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists | No. of instances ofwork in unwholesome premises | Notices served | Prosecutions | |
| Wearing apparel: | ||||||
| Making etc. | 108 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cleaning and washing | — | — | — | - | — | — |
| Household Linen | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Curtains | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Furniture and uphol- | ||||||
| stery | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jewellery | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Artificial flowers | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paper bags | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paper boxes | 4 | — | — | — | — | —I |
| Carding etc., of buttons etc. | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chocolates and sweetmeats | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lampshades | 4 | — | — | — | — | - |
| 171 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Rodent Control
Treatment of sewers with sodium fluoracetamide-for which the Borough
Engineer is responsible has continued. This method of treatment assists in
controlling rat population, as many surface infestations are directly due to
rats coming from defective and disused drain connections to the sewers.
Mice infestations have again increased. For many years it has been the policy
of the Council to carry out treatment in domestic premises free of charge,
fostering the idea to many that their responsibility in the matter is completed
by reporting the presence of mice. Very few make any effort themselves to get
rid of their pests and ignore the basic fact that many mice infestations s
originate from lack of care in the protection of foodstuffs.
Once again the important question of the sealing-off of disused drain
connections to sewers and the proper sealing-off of abandoned sewers must be
repeated. The owner of a demolished property has a statutory duty to notify
the Local Authority of a disused drain, so that it can be sealed off to their
satisfaction. In too many cases this responsibility is ignored.
B.12