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1922 46
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH WORKSHOPS, FACTORIES, Etc., in 1922.
No. of
Summonses.
Act of Parliament under which
Proceedings were taken.
Result of Proceedings.
1
Public Health (London) Act. Sec. 38.
Fined £5 and £1 1s. costs.
1
,, ,, ,,
Fined £30 and £3 3s. costs.
1
,, ,, Nuisances
Order made to comply with Notice, and £3 3s.
costs.
1
,, ,, Disobedience
of Magistrate's Order
Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act.
£2 2s. costs.
4
Total tines and costs, £44 9s.
DISTRICT INSPECTORS' WORK.
The fourteen district inspectors made a total of 54,292 inspections and calls during
the year, a decrease of 8,055 inspections on the corresponding period of 1921; while 14,173
improvements were effected in 5,836 premises; as against 19,462 improvements in 7,599
premises for the preceding year.
Synopsis of Inspectors' Work.—The following statement gives a brief synopsis
of the district inspectors' work in 1922:
House to house inspections 1,740
Other inspections of dwelling houses 5,921
Re-inspections and calls made 43,930
Visits of inquiry re notifiable infectious diseases 2,786
Butchers' shops, stalls, etc. (Saturday nights) 48
Ice cream shops and factories 95
Dairies and Milkshops 710
Stables and yards 845
Manure depots 14
Smoke observations 209
Notices Served.—There were 3,821 intimation notices served by the inspectors with
respect to nuisances, of which 485 were delivered personally, and 3,336 by post. In 639
instances it became necessary, as the intimations to owners or occupiers of the properties
had been ignored, to report the nuisances to the Public Health Committee, who ordered
statutory notices to be served.
Verminous Premises Bedding and Clothing.—150 premises which were
found to be in a verminous condition, were cleansed by the owners or occupiers upon
receiving the Inspectors' intimations. In 28 instances it was necessary to remove the
bedding and clothing to the Disinfecting Station for purification or destruction.
Smoke Nuisances. 46 complaints of smoke issuing from factory chimneys in the
borough were investigated, and as a result of the Inspectors' observations 24 warnings
were given and 9 intimations and 7 statutory notices served upon the owners of the
businesses requiring the abatement of the nuisance.
REMOVAL OF DUST.
Fifteen applications were received during the year for the removal of dust, which
is 6 below the number recorded last year.
The applications received for the previous ten years were as follows:
1912 47 1917 30
1913 32 1918 11
1914 26 1919 19
1915 28 1920 36
1916 21 1921 21
Dust Receptacles Provided.—During the year 1,204 dust receptacles were
provided, while 10 were repaired after the service of sanitary notices,