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The Public Health Committee considered the question of the
enforcement of the Tenement House Byelaws and the staffing of the
Department, and upon their recommendation the Council resolved to
fill the then existing vacancy in the Inspectorial Staff by the appointment
of an additional Sanitary Inspector whose duties should primarily
be concerned with, the inspection of tenement houses. In view of the
desirability of relieving this officer of as much clerical work as
possible in order that he might give more time to inspections, and
also in order to relieve the pressure of work on the clerical staff, a
shorthand-typist was appointed on the staff of the Department.
Drainage Bye-laws.
During the year the drainage bye-laws of the London County
Council, which had been in operation since 4th September, 1930, came
under revision, experience having indicated the desirability of certain
amendments in order to bring the bye-laws into line with modern needs
and practice. In addition, provision was made so as to permit of the
installation of a modern system of house drainage known as the onepipe
system. In the one-pipe system, the pipes conveying excretal
matters from water-closets, slop sinks and urinals and waste water
from baths, lavatory basins, bidets and sinks, are joined to a single
pipe connected direct to the drain, in contra-distinction to the twopipe
system, in which the removal of excretal matters from water
closets, slop sinks and urinals is effected by a pipe connected direct
to the drain, and the removal of waste water from baths, lavatory
basins, bidets and sinks is effected by a second pipe separate and
distinct from the other, and discharging the waste water over or into
a properly trapped gully connected to the drain.
The new bye-laws, with certain exceptions, were approved by the
Minister of Health on 28th July, and are being enforced in the
Borough.
Common Lodging Houses and. Seamen's Lodging Houses.
None exists in the Borough.
Businesses of Rag and Bone Dealers.
There is only one place in the Borough where the business of a
dealer in Rags, etc., is carried on.
Offensive Trades.
No offensive trade is carried on in the Borough.