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Unsatisfactory Housing Conditions, including Overcrowding
16
Unsound food 17
Verminous condition of houses 10
Wasps' nests 360
Woodworm 8
Bees 7
Foxes 1
Shops Act 2
Drinking Water 6
Other complaints 88
The complaints were investigated promptly and in those cases in
which the Council had power to intervene the necessary steps were
taken to remove the cause of the complaint.
The very great increase in the number of wasps' nests dealt with
will be noted (47 in 1958, 360 in 1959), due, no doubt, to the
abnormal hot and dry summer. This increase was general throughout
the country.
Places of Public Entertainment
The cinemas, dance halls and other places of public entertainment
have been inspected, special attention being given to the condition
and adequacy of the sanitary accommodation. Six defects were discovered
as a result of these inspections and were remedied after notice
had been given to the persons responsible. Twenty-four premises
were inspected and a report was submitted to the Middlesex CountyCouncil
which is the licensing authority.
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