View report page

24
consent of the Council, and after consultation with Counsel two summonses
were issued having regard to the fact that a Restaurant had been opened where
Fish Frying was in the main the business of that Restaurant. The cases came
before the Tottenham Petty Sessions, and fines of 40s. were imposed on each
count and 25 guineas costs allowed.
Pig-keeping.
Fewer pigs are now kept in the district—extensive building operations
have brought these within the operation of the byelaws.
Rat and Mice Destruction Act, 1919.
The County Council are the authority for this district under the Act
which throws the responsibility upon the occupier of the premises infested, but
the Rat Destruction Officer of the Middlesex County Council is always willing
to give advice.
The report from the Chief Officer, Public Control Department, County
Council of Middlesex, is as follows:—
"During the year, the Council's Inspector of Rat Destruction paid
148 visits to rat infested premises in Edmonton, and the work of rat
destruction was continued by the County rat-catchers throughout the year
at your Council's (Edmonton) Sewage farm and refuse dump."
The Inspectors of the Public Health Department often examine the
drainage of premises where it might be possible that the infestation is due to
a defect in the house drainage system.
Smoke Abatement.
Considering the large number of factories in this district it is rarely
necessary— taking them on the whole— to employ any legal pressure as to
smoke nuisances.
Twenty-one observations were made during the year and on two occasions
contraventions of the Byelaw occurred and notification sent to the firms
concerned, resulting in no repetition of the offence.
Overcrowding.
There is still a certain amount of overcrowding in the district, despite the
efforts of the Council. A good deal of the difficulty lies in the fact that, when