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In order to assist the staff engaged on boilers, the attention of factory owners
in the Borough was drawn to evening classes in Boilerhouse Practice, held in various
technical colleges throughout London. These courses were designed to improve
the proficiency of the staff concerned, and included courses for firemen, boiler attendants and other interested persons. The syllabus for the several courses included
instruction, laboratory work, boiler tests and visits to typical power plants. These
courses prepare the student for the examinations of the City and Guilds of London
Institute, and the Smoke Inspector's Certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute
respectively.
Number of complaints received during year 36
Number of observations made 150
Number of inspections and revisits 187
Number of notices served 4
Number of notices complied with 3
Requisitioned Property.
Requisitioned property continued to be inspected and the attention of the
Council's Housing Manager was drawn to any nuisances or major difficulties which
were found to exist, in order to ensure that the premises were kept free from
statutory nuisance.
The number of requisitioned properties on the 1st January, 1952, was 1,362,
and the number derequisitioned was 87 during the year.
WORK OF SANITARY INSPECTORS ADMINISTERING FACTORIES ACT,
1937, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938, AND OTHER RELEVANT ACTS.
Inspections and Re-Visits.
6,671 inspections and 4,779 re-visits were made by the Inspectors. These are
summarised as follows:—
Inspections
Revisits
Coffee and dining rooms, hotel and restaurant kitchens
and refreshment rooms 1,456 874
Stalls (Refreshment and Food) 124 59
Factories (Mechanical) 1,511 1,259
Factories (Non-mechanical) 232 176
Factories (Public Health (London) Act, 1936) 1,432 1,225
Fish curers 62 18
Fishmongers 41 10
Fried Fish Shops 188 107
Noise Nuisances 44 44
Outworkers 293 192
Provision Shops 290 141
Special Inspections (Food licences) 24 -
Bakehouses (Level) 196 181
Confectioners 129 60
Food Factories 28 -
Fruiterers/Greengrocers 356 233
Preserved food premises 265 200
6,671 4,779
(See separate section for underground bakehouses and offensive trades.)