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Requisitioned Properties.
The number of requisitioned properties on 1st January, 1956 was 1,091. 484
(including parts of premises) were de-requisitioned during the year.
This department has drawn the attention of the Council's Housing Estates
Manager to any nuisances or major defects occurring in requisitioned properties, in
order to ensure the premises being reasonably nuisance-free. 97 such references
were made.
WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS ADMINISTERING FACTORIES
ACT, 1937, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955, AND OTHER RELEVANT
ACTS.
Inspections and Re-Visits.
4,230 inspections and 3,169 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 940 420
Stalls (Refreshment and Food) 79 46
Factories (Mechanical) 982 1,141
Factories (Non-mechanical) 122 54
Factories (Public Health (London) Act, 1936) 893 944
Fish curers 52 30
Fishmongers 7 6
Fried Fish Shops 86 42
Noise Nuisances 67 102
Outworkers 55 75
Provision Shops 332 86
Bakehouses (Level) . 81 49
Confectioners 154 45
Fruiterers/Greengrocers 206 57
Preserved food premises 174 72
4,230 3,169
(See separate section for underground bakehouses and offensive trades.)
Defects, nuisances or contraventions found.
Nuisances and Notices.
(a) Factories Act, 1937.
Number of contraventions found 398
Number of contraventions remedied 600
Notices served 111
Notices complied with 139
(b) Food and Drugs Act. 1938.
Number of contraventions found 733
Number of contraventions remedied 900
Notices served 142
Notices complied with 114
(c) Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
Number of contraventions found 206
Number of contraventions remedied 283
Notices served 106
Notices complied with 115
(d) Shops Act, 1950.
Number of inspections under this Act 29
Number of revisits 45
Number of exemption certificates applied for 10
Number of certificates granted 2