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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
Public Health Department,
31 Wood Street,
Barnet.
To the Chairman and Members of
the Barnet Urban District Council.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report for the year 1955.
The Housing Survey was completed in time for the requisite report to be
made to the Minister. The survey shows that some 138 houses are considered
unfit for human habitation and these will be dealt with in a five years
programme. At the close of the year the first proposed clearance area of 28
houses was in preparation and will be reported to the Council early in the new
year.
The Ministry of Health enquiry was made at the beginning of the year and
as a result, as from 1st October 1955 the Council became the Food and Drugs
Authority for the area in lieu of the County Council.
The Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951 made certain changes in the
law as to the quality of effluents etc., and to the authorities responsible
for carrying out this work. Under the Hertfordshire (Prevention of Pollution)
Order 1955, the Hertfordshire County Council now act as a river board in respect
of ditches and streams in this area the principal of which is the Dollis Brook.
The County Council have made a preliminary survey and will be following this up
in the near future by the taking of samples of effluents discharging to the
Brook.
I would like to take this opportunity to tender my thanks to the officers
of the Council and the staff of the Public Health Department in particular for
their co-operation and help through the year.