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STREET TRADING.
A record is kept in the Public Health Office of street traders who
have been licensed to deal in foodstuffs.
All storage premises are kept under supervision and periodically
inspected. Further, all new applications are reported upon prior to
licences being granted.
RATS AND MICE DESTRUCTION.
481b. of barium carbonate paste and 301b. of red squill baits were
distributed to applicants, the results being highly satisfactory. Lithographic
varnish traps were also used with success.
Where rats are still persistent after the use of poison and where there
are reasons for suspecting drainage defects, the ground is opened and the
drain examined as a matter of routine.
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
No notices were served under the above Act during the year.
SCHOOLS.
Inspection of Schools.
The public elementary schools were inspected during the year. A
few minor defects were discovered and reported to the London County
Council.
PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HEALTH.
With the assistance of Mr. T. Wigley, M.A., who has had considerable
experience in lecturing upon health subjects, a scheme for offering
lectures to various social and political organisations in the Borough was
prepared, and a report was submitted to the Public Health Committee
in March, 1928.
The scheme was approved, and early in May circular letters were
sent out to the various bodies offering lectures on the following subjects:—