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Cleansing Station.—A cleansing station has been established
at the Hornsey Depot, primarily with the object of cleansing
school children. During the year it was used in addition for the
cleansing of 20 adults.
Disinfection.—A steam disinfector at the Hornsey Depot
serves to disinfect bedding, clothes and other articles from
infected houses. Disinfection is offered now to householders, and
is gratefully accepted, after deaths from cancer and tuberculosis
as well as after the ordinary infective and contagious complaints.
During the year 11,439 articles were disinfected. Two motorvans
are employed in the collection and returning of such articles.
Sanitary Inspection of the District.—Throughout the year
inspection of the district was made by the Medical Officer of
Health and the five Sanitary Inspectors. As the result of these
inspections insanitary conditions were found on 3,815 occasions.
Details of these defective and unhealthy conditions are given
in Table D., and the work done by the inspectors is shown in
Table E.
In order to have these insanitary conditions abated 1,418
preliminary intimations were sent out from the office drawing the
attention of the owner or occupier to the defects. In addition,
255 statutory notices were served and were obeyed, with the
exception of 17 which were outstanding at the end of the year.
In discovering defects and in seeing that these were properly
remedied the inspectors made 13,903 visits during the year.
PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS WHICH CAN BE
CONTROLLED BY BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
(a) Common Lodging-houses, (b) Offensive trades, (c) Underground
sleeping-rooms, (d) Vans, (e) Canal boats, (f) Houses let
in lodgings. None of these are found in the Borough.
(g) Outworkers.—There were 137 outworkers on the register
at the end of 1921. All their premises were visited, and generally
the conditions found were satisfactory.
(h) Factories and Workshops.—There are 83 factories and
245 workshops in the Borough. All of them are small establishments.
They were visited on 777 occasions, and any unhealthy
conditions that were discovered were remedied.