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Acton 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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1919
ACTON URBAN DISTRICT.
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, 1919.
TABLE XV.
| Inspections:— | |
| Number of Premises Inspected on Complaint | 998 |
| Number of Premises Inspected in connection with Infectious Disease | 139 |
| Number of Premises under Periodical Inspection | 398 |
| Houses inspected from House-to-House (H. and T.P. Act, Sec. 17) | 239 |
| Total Number of Inspections and Re-Inspections made | 9,847 |
| Dwelling Houses and Action under H. and T.P. Act, 1909:— | |
| Number of Houses dealt with under Sec. 15 | nil. |
| Number of Houses found to be in a state Dangerous or Injurious to Health (Sec. 17) | 5 |
| Number of Representations made to the local authority by M.O.H. with a view to the making of Closing Orders (Sec. 17) | 5 |
| Number of Closing Orders made by L.A. (Sec. 17) | 5 |
| Number of Houses made Habitable without closing Orders | nil. |
| Number of Houses closed Voluntarily | nil. |
| Number of Closing Orders determined after Repairs (Sec. 17) | nil. |
| Number of Houses Demolished (a) by order of L.A. (Sec. 17) | nil. |
| (6) Voluntarily | nil. |
| Illegal Underground Rooms Vacated | nil. |
| Action Taken (Other than under H. and T.P. Act):— | |
| Cautionary or Intimation Notices given | 1,270 |
| Statutory Orders Issued | 892 |
| Summonses Served | nil. |
| Convictions Obtained | nil. |
| Houses Let in Lodgings (Tenement Houses):— | |
| Number Registered under Bye-Laws | 83 |
| Number of Contraventions | 39 |
| Common Lodging Houses:— | |
| Number Registered under Bye-Laws | 1 |
| Accommodation : Male | 126 |
| Female | nil. |
| Children | nil. |
| Number of Inspections Made | 47 |
| Number of Contraventions | nil. |
| Canal Boats used as Dwellings:— | |
| Number Registered under the Acts | nil. |
| Number of Contraventions of Regulations | nil. |
| Movable Dwellings Caravans, Tents, &c. | |
| Number observed during the Year | 11 |
| Number of Nuisances therefrom Abated | |
| Number Removed from District | 3 |
| Bakehouses:— | |
| Number in District | 25 |
| Contraventions of Factory Acts | 11 |
| Slaughter Houses:— | |
| Number on Register | 3 |
| Number of Inspections made | 72 |
| Frequency of Inspection | |
| Contraventions of Bye-Laws | nil. |