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Hendon 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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These included-
Redecoration required 31
Floors or floor covering in need of
repair or renewal 11
Repairs to premises required 9
Inadequate sanitary accommodation
provided 2
Improved lighting or ventilation required 4
Refuse bins requiring renewal 5
Accumulations of rubbish requiring
removal or general cleansing necessary 15
Chairs or equipment requiring repair or
renewal 8
Instruments not being properly cleansed 2
Most of these matters were in hand by the end of the year.
To comply with Section 282, Middlesex County Council Act, 1944 a copy of the
Council's Byelaws has to be exhibited at the premises. These were printed in
suitable form by the Council and distributed to the establishments for exhibition.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER PILLING MATERIALS ACT. 1951
The Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations 1981 came into operation
on the 1st August 1961. They prescribed new standards or cleanliness for
each kind of filling material used, and the form in which records are to be kept
by occupiers of premises registered under the Act of the filling materials used
by them.
Four premises are registered under the Act.
They were all inspected during the year and found to be conforming to the Act
and Regulations.
SWIMMING BATHS
There are two municipal-owned and one privately-owned open air swimming
baths in the Borough which are open to the public, and one school teaching
swimming pool.
Samples of the swimming bath water were taken from all during the summer
months and submitted to the Central Public Health Laboratory for bacteriological
examination.
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