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Choked and defective drains 473
Insanitary or dilapidated condition of premises 129
Offensive accumulations or deposits 38
Defective dustbins 21
Vermin or insects 41
Gypsies 3
Rat and mouse infestations 277
Unsound or contaminated food 45
Nuisances from animals 1
Overcrowding 10
Dust, smoke and noise nuisances 39
Other Nuisances 78
Total 1,155
Notices Served.
Informal Notices served 268
Statutory Notices served: -
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 39 4
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 45 1
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 75 2
Public Health Act, 1S36, Section 78 1
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 83 1
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 93 10
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 277 1
Public Health Act, 1961, Section 17 26
Housing Act, 1957, Section 85 1
Housing Act, 1957, Section 170 4
Housing Act, 1961, Section 15 7
Clean Air Act, 1956, Section 12 206
Legal Proceedings.
Food and Drugs Act, 1955.
(a) A baker was fined £20 and ordered to pay £6 costs in
respect of the sale of a loaf of bread containing pieces of
glass.
(b) A baker was fined £10 with £6. 6s. 0d. costs for selling
through his roundsman beef sausages which were mouldy.
(c) A greengrocer was fined £5 with £2 costs for smoking
whilst handling food.
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