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Islington 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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Factories Act, 1961, Section 70
Basement Bakehouses
Certificates of suitability, as required by Section 70 of the Factories Act, 1961,
continued to be in force in respect of eight basement bakehouses at the following
addresses: -
76 Caledonian Road 7 Junction Road
54 Archway Road 59 Junction Road
146 Blackstock Road 77 Newington Green Road
3 Cardwell Terrace 123 Newington Green Road
In accordance with the requirements of Section 70, the quinquennial inspection of
basement bakehouses was completed.
Public Health (London) Act. 1936
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1937
Noise Abatement Act, 1960 - Noise Nuisance
Complaints continue to be received of noise arising from the use of power machines
in domestic premises, from wireless amplifiers, juke boxes, and noisy parties.
Motor repairs carried out on the highway were also the subject of complaints but
with the co-operation of the police these were discontinued.
Complaints were lodged concerning an alleged use of an all-night launderette. A
noise sufficient to justify legal action was not confirmed.
In addition the collection, storage and loading of tubular steel scaffolding
became the source of a real nuisance in one case, but with the co-operation of the
owners the noise was minimised.
Press publicity was given to the use of power drills in a road widening scheme.
This complaint was found to be justified and the nuisance was remedied within a period
of a few hours after the attention of the firm had been drawn to this by the Inspector.
The majority of complaints are satisfactorily disposed of voluntarily, an
interview by the Inspector being sufficient to secure an abatement of the nuisance:-
Number of complaints received 134
Number of inspections 310
Number of confirmed cases abated 66
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Part IV)
Offensive Trades
Details of the respective offensive trades in the Borough are as follows:-
(a) Tripe Boiler
26/40 Vale Royal, Messrs. J.L. Henson Ltd.
(b) Knacker
18/20, Vale Royal - Messrs. Harrison Barber & Co.Ltd.