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Convalescent Treatment.
During the year, 10 toddlers were sent to the Beaconsfield Convalescent
Home for Children, and 2 were sent to the Hart's Leap Toddlers' Convalescent
Home.
Insulin.
This was supplied free of charge, in accordance with Ministry of Health
Circular 2734, in 3 cases, at a cost to the Council of £15 3s. Od.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE BOROUGH.
The work of sanitary inspection was carried on under conditions complicated
by restrictions on building work and building materials. Many applications
for building licences were referred during the year for an opinion as to
the necessity or urgency of the work required to be executed. Following is a
summary of work carried out by Sanitary Inspectors during the year: —
Complaints of nuisances received 367
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936.
Dwelling houses inspected 936
Houses let in lodgings inspected 570
Common Lodging Houses inspected 3
Offices inspected 85
Rag and Bone Shops inspected 11
Smoke observations 23
Drainage work and testing 2,998
Other inspections 1,378
Re-inspections of above 2,168
HOUSING ACT, 1936.
Houses inspected 28
Underground rooms inspections 45
Overcrowding visits 184
Re-inspections of above 32
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
Factories with mechanical power inspected 182
Factories without mechanical power inspected 104
Other inspections 6
Re-inspections of above 198
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
Dairies and milk shops inspected 130
Ice cream premises inspected 51
Restaurants and kitchens inspected 895
Bakehouses inspected 81
Butchers' shops inspected 103
Fish shops inspected 36
Fried fish shops inspected
Other food shops inspected 599
Market streets 198
Licensed premises 110
Re-inspections of above 963
MISCELLANEOUS INSPECTIONS.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act 6
Rats and Mice Act, 1919 496
Shops Act 38
Other inspections 70
Re-inspections of above 618