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BANET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
Health Department,
Council Offices,
BARNET.
To the Chairman and Members
of the Barnet Urban District Council.
Mrs. Strugnell and. Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report
giving particulars of the measures carried out in my Department
during the year 1937, in administering the Health Acts and Bye-Laws
in force in the District, and which includes particulars in tabular
form as required by the Ministry of Health.
The Housing Act 1936 came into force on January 1st. 1937.
This Act consolidates the Housing Acts 19S5 to 1935 and certain
other enactments relating to housing.
Its chief provisions deal with the repair, maintenance and
sanitary condition of houses; Clearance Areas and Redevelopment;
Improvement Areas; Abatement of Overcrowding; Provision of Housing
Accommodation for the Working Classes; Management of local
Authority's Houses and Financial Provisions. It contains one
hundred and ninety one sections and twelve schedules.
The Factories Act 1937 which comes into force on July 1st
1938 will also impose a good deal of work upon the department.
This Act is a consolidating and amending measure and will replace
the Factory and Workshop Act 1901 and various later Acts; it is
designed to secure safe and healthy working conditions in
manufacturing and certain other operations.
The spate of new legislation during the last two or three
years, including the work in connection with Air Raid Precautions
is steadily increasing the demands on the department.