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70
1930]
Yards:
Taved —
Repaved 38
Sinks :
Provided 8
Waste pipe repaired 6
Domestic Water Supply:
Cisterns provided —
Cisterns repaired and cleansed 6
Water supply provided to dwelling house 3
Water supply provided to tenement house 1
Walls and Ceilings of Rooms cleansed and
redecorated 669
Other Improvements :
Staircase and passages repaired, cleansed
and redecorated 116
Floor space ventilated 2
Floors repaired 36
Guttering and rain water pipes repaired 34
Roofs repaired 139
Overcrowding abated —
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping
discontinued —
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated 438
Rooms Disinfected —
Total Improvements 1746
Total Premises Improved 686
SEWER EMANATIONS.
In reference to the report on sewer emanations on page 60 of the Medical
Officer of Health's Annual Report for 1929 and the representations then made to
the London County Council, a report of the Main Drainage Committee of the
London County Council, dated the 15th May, 1930, states that it is considered
desirable that the London County Council should conduct experiments in regard
to the ventilation of the sewers, these experiments to ascertain the effects of suction
fans in one or more of the existing brick ventilating shafts or other shafts erected
on suitable sites for the purpose.
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919.
(9 and 10 Geo. 5. Ch. 72.)
This Act came into operation on the 1st January, 1920, to make further
provision for the destruction of rats and mice.
The Public Health Committee having sanctioned the necessary expenditure,
300 large posters were exhibited throughout the Borough during Rat Week directing
attention to the fact of disease being spread by rats and mice, the cost of the
damage done by these pests, as well as the large increase in their number when no
destructive action is taken. The poster also dealt with the protection of food, the
removal of garbage, rat-proofing, and the various methods for destruction of rats
and mice; also a cordial invitation was given to those interested to call at the
Town Hall or to write to the Medical Officer of Health for advice. During the
week the Ministry of Agriculture's leaflet No. 244 was distributed gratis, and as
in former years transparencies were exhibited in the Town Hall.