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Lambeth 1953

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

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OFFENSIVE TRADES
Establishment Orders have been granted to two companies who
carry on the offensive trades respectively of (a) fellmonger and
(b) fatboiler.
(a) Messrs. Gaston Morrell, Ferndale Road.
(b) Messrs. Lepard, Wandsworth Road.
These two orders are renewable annually.
DRAINAGE PLANS
All plans are registered with the Borough Engineer but the
Sanitary Inspectors are responsible for seeing that the work is
carried out in accordance with the drainage by-laws. 57 plans of
new buildings and 58 plans of alteration to existing drains were
deposited. In addition combined drainage was carried out in 16
cases of which 2 were cases of relaying defective combined drains
for which no order had been made by the Council and no plans could
be found, and which therefore were deemed to be sewers repairable
by the Council.
RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST RESTRICTIONS ACTS
Applications were made accompanied by the statutory fee of one
shilling for the issue of 9 certificates enabling the statutory
tenant to withhold a portion of the rent and for the issue of 7
determining certificates to cancel corresponding enabling certificates
previously issued.
DANGEROUS STRUCTURES
Information was forwarded to the District Surveyor on 88
occasions during the year of the presence of structures which were
considered to be dangerous to life or limb.
REGISTRATIONS
Under the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949, 86 distributors
of milk were registered. Under the Milk (Special Designation)
(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949 and the Milk (Special Designation)
(Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, there were
258 licences with 21 supplementary licences and two Pasteurisers
licences.
The number of persons entered or retained on the list under
the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 (Section 21) Part II was 203.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951
Under the provisions of this Act 1 premises were registered
during the year.