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SMOKE ABATEMENT.
Seventy smoke observations have been kept and seven
written intimation notices have been served.
In June of this year, the following Byelnw was adopted with
regard to smoke abatement:—
The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of
Hornsey, acting by the Council do by this byelaw regulate
the emission of black smoke by prescribing that, for the
purposes of section (4) of section 103 of the Public Health
Act, 1936, the . emission of such smoke from a chimney of
any building other than a private house, for more than two
minutes in any period of thirty minutes, shall, until the
contrary is proved, be deemed to be a statutory nuisance
and a smoke nuisance.
This byelaw operated from the 1st October, 1938.
CLEANSING AND DISINFECTING STATION.
Cleansing Station.
Twenty-four children and 17 adults have been treated at
the Station for scabies and 5 adults for verminous heads.
One hundred and thirty-eight school children were treated
for verminous heads under arrangements made by the Local
Education Authority and 8 were treated for ringworm.
Work done by disinfectors:—
Disinfection.
No. of rooms disinfected after notifiable infectious disease 336
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, non-notifiable disease 85
,, ,, ,, ,, „ T.B 44
,, ,, ,, ,, death 36
,, ,, articles disinfected 5,284
,, ,, ,, destroyed 221
Collecting and disinfecting library books:—
Received. Returned. Destroyed.
Public Libraries 126 126 -
School Libraries 18 17 1
Private Libraries 79 53 26