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57
WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
Norman Smith, M. R. S. H., M. A. P. H. I.
Chief Public Health Inspector.
I have the honour to submit- my annual report for the year
1965, and following the practice of previous reports, the
statistical details are presented in the tables which follow.
Following the amalgamation of the late County Borough with
the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council in April, 1965
the figures quoted include those of the former Urban District
Council as from the 1st January, 1965,
The administration of much new legislation enacted late in
1964 has had its effect during 1965 on the work of the Department.
Amendments to former Statutes have been made enabling more
positive action to be taken in certain housing matters. Technical
Assistants have been engaged and Specialist Inspectors have been
appointed to deal especially with Clean Air, Offices, Shops and
Railway Premises, and Houses in Multiple Occupation.
Progress in Clean Air continued when the Council made its
No.8 Smoke Control Order in December, 1965 which now awaits confirmation
by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
Comment is made in the report on the progress made in the
administration of the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act,
1963. The Council has made its first Registration Order respecting
houses let in multiple occupation covering one ward in the
Borough, and this has been submitted to the Ministry of Housing
and Local Government for confirmation.
During the year the responsibility for the administration of
the following Statutes has been directed to this Department:
Consumer Protection Act, 1961, and Regulations made thereunder
covering Heating Appliances (Fireguards); Oil Heaters;
Childrens Nightdresses; Fabrics Misdescription Regulations;
Mines and Quarries Act, 1954, Scrap Metal Dealers Act, 1964.
The redevelopment which is continually taking place throughout
the Borough has caused time-consuming efforts by the Inspectors
in tracing and arranging for the sealing off of the
former drain connections to the Corporation sewers.
The increase in acreage and population occasioned by the
formation of the new London Borough has, not unnaturally, increased
the number of problems to be dealt with together with
their attendant anxieties.