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Tower Hamlets 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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WORKS IN DEFAULT
Works were carried out by the Council on 73 occasions during the year in default of persons
on whom notices were served requiring the execution of works. They comprised 61 instances of
failure to comply with notices served under Section 17, Public Health Act, 1961 regarding choked
drains, 3 instances of failure to comply with notices served under Section 75 of the Public
Health Act, 1936 with respect to the provision of dustbins, and 9 instances of failure to comply
with notices served under Section 4 of the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 for clearance
of refuse from sites and erection of corrugated steel fencing
STATISTICS
Tables 51 to 53 of the Appendix give additional statistical information of the environmental
health services.
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