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Tower Hamlets 1971

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

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Table: TABLE 49NOTICES SERVED BY DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

TABLE 49

NOTICES SERVED BY DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Factories Acts 1961124
Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970325
Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls, and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations, 196635
Hairdressers and Barbers Byelaws7
Informal Notices to Local Authority Housing Departments1,798
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 194925
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 3911
-do- 441
- do- 454
-do- 482
-do- 7510
-do- 8911
-do- 93956
Public Health Act, 1961, Section 17104
Staircase Lighting Byelaws11
Total:3,424

Table: TABLE 50OUTWORKERS

TABLE 50

OUTWORKERS

Firms in the b orough employing outworkers450
Outworkers residing in and employed by firms in the borough891
Outworkers residing outside the borough employed by firms in the borough1,932
Outworkers residing in the borough employed by firms outside the borough215
Total outworkers in the borough1,106

Table: TABLE 51REFUSE DISPOSAL

TABLE 51

REFUSE DISPOSAL

Home and trade refuse73,356 tons
Street and market collections14,912 tons
No. of bulk containers in use3,340
No. of bulk trailers in use40
N o. of street gulleys cleansed7,060