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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 new applications are reported upon prior to licenses being granted,
and all storage premises are kept under supervision and periodically
inspected.
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
Barium carbonate paste and red squill baits are distributed to applicants,
the results being highly satisfactory.
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.
No notices were served under the above Act during the year.
A report on Rat Repression measures as carried out in the Borough
was submitted to the Public Health Committee in September. (Appendix
A.)
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.
There are only two private schools in the Borough.
The accommodation in each was satisfactory and the sanitary arrangements
sufficient and kept in a cleanly state.
Rag Flock Act, 1911.
Seven samples of Rag Flock were examined during the year and three
were unsatisfactory. As a result of these three samples, legal proceedings
were taken against a manufacturer, who was ordered to pay £10 10s.
costs, and a letter of caution was sent to a vendor.
Hairdressers' Premises.
The number of inspections of hairdressers' premises was 145. Cleansing
was necessary at 5 of the premises, and other nuisances found numbered 6.