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were secured and penalties imposed. In addition to these, two convictions were
obtained on reports submitted by other members of the staff of the Department.
In their efforts to deal with this most objectionable nuisance the Council received
great assistance from the police, 33 prosecutions undertaken being on the reports of
police officers. The total number of prosecutions since the bye-law came into
operation in 1928 is 227, the amount of fines imposed being £91 13s. Od.
NOISE.
Section 66 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1937, provides
that a noise nuisance may be dealt with summarily under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1936. In securing attention to this provision the temporary streets nuisance
inspector rendered valuable assistance, and also co-operated with the police in
regard to complaints relating to street musicians, noisy hawkers, etc.
During the year, five complaints were received relating to nuisance from wireless
loudspeakers, gramophones and similar instruments. In each instance abatement
of the nuisance was secured without the service of formal notice.
Early in the year complaints were received of noise and disturbance caused
by the violent slamming of doors of motor vehicles. The attention of taxicab and
car drivers was drawn to the matter by the display of the following poster at cab
ranks and garages:—
BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBONE.
NOISE.
Nuisance From Motor Vehicles.
The Borough Council receive many complaints of the noise
and disturbance caused by the violent slamming of doors of
motor vehicles, and have been urged to take action with a view of
preventing the nuisance.
Drivers and users of motor-cars and taxicabs are particularly
requested to show consideration for others by reducing the
occasions for closing car doors and to avoid slamming as far as
possible.
Town Hall, CHARLES PORTER,
St. Marylebone, W.1. Medical Officer of Health.
Publicity was also given to the matter in the Press and as a result of this and
the co-operation of garage proprietors and others concerned with cars it may be
hoped that some mitigation of the door-slamming nuisance has been secured.
The Council continue to subscribe to the funds of the Anti-Noise League.
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933.
The provisions of this Act, which came into operation on the 1st May, 1936,
are now generally known amongst the shopkeepers concerned. The number of
traders whose names are on the Council's list of persons entitled to sell poisons
included in Part II of the Poisons List is as follows:—
On list at end of 1936 112
Added to list in 1937 9
Deleted from list in 1937 4
On list at end of 1937 117
Inspections of all premises were carried out during the year, and in no instance
was there failure to comply with the requirements which apply to the sale of poisons
by a listed seller of Part II poisons.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
In St. Marylebone the number of workshops, many of them domestic workshops,
is considerable, and work in relation to them bulks very large amongst the duties