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Miscellaneous (visits paid):
Animal Boarding Establishments 22
Children's Nightdress Regulations 67
Diseases of Animals (Waste Food) Order 122
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act 20
Massage Establishments 20
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1,323
Old Metal Dealers 5
Pet Shops 22
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 2
Infectious Disease:
Number of visits paid (including contacts) 716
Number of Notices Served:
Informal 649
Statutory 118
The main headings under which work was done may be noted as
follows:—
Inspection of food and premises 4,561
General sanitation 4,220
Housing 2,342
Smoke control areas 1,856
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1,323
Shops Act inspections 766
Factories and outworkers 747
Infectious diseases 716
Public Health Inspectors' Work.
The number of visits paid totalled some 16,818 and covered the wide
variety of duties now generally associated with community and environmental
health.
Training of Student Public Health Inspectors.
The informal reciprocal arrangement with the Port of London
Authority for the training of Student Public Health Inspectors in practical
meat inspection at our slaughterhouses continued during the year.
In addition, the Council agreed to assist in the training of a limited
number of students from the Tottenham Technical College following the
closure of the Central Slaughterhouse at the Metropolitan Cattle Market
in Islington.
Shops Act, 1950.
The number of shops on the register at the end of the year was
1,196.
50 notices were served during the year regarding contraventions of
the Act.