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Chemical Work.
The Public Analyst's Laboratories are situate at 11, Billiter Square,
E.C. 3. The Report of the Public Analyst will be found in the
Appendix, and a survey of the analytical work carried out during the
year will be found in Section 3.
Legislation in Force.
List of Local Acts, Special Local Orders, General Adoptive Acts, and
Bye-laws, relating to the Public Health, in force in the Borough.
Bye-laws under Sections 16 (1), 16 (2), 39 (1), 39 (2) and 50
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Regulations (Underground Rooms) under Section 17 (7) Housing
(Town Planning), &c., Act, 1909.
In addition to the foregoing by-laws made by the Borough Council
or the late Vestry, which relate inter alia to various Sanitary matters;
there are in force among others in the Borough Bye-laws made by the
London County Council under Section 202 of the Metropolis Management
Act, 1855, relating to drainage work, etc.; and under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, and Section 6 of the Housing Act, 1925,
relating to houses divided into separate tenements, etc.
Section 3.
Sanitary Circumstances of the Borough.
Sanitary Inspection of the Borough.
The following statement contains particulars required to be submitted
under Article 19 (15) of the Sanitary Officers Order, 1926, and
affords some indication of the work performed by the Sanitary
inspectors:—
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects,
743.
Total number found not in all respects reasonably fit for human
habitation, 554.
Total number of Inspections during the year, 5,247. Re-inspections.
11,817.