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Barnet 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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certified, with a minimum of 3/- per certificate.
There are eleven persons licensed by the Council as fit persons to
slaughter animals, most of them work part or full time as slaughtermen at
the local slaughterhouse. No complaint has been received from other
districts concerning the conduct of any of these men, nor was there any
need for adverse report on the men locally employed.
DRAINACE.
Supervision was given by the department to the relaying of the combined
drains of two blocks of houses where the work was carried out by the Council
and the expenses apportioned between the owners.
Apart from the normal repair jobs to drainage systems the department
is responsible for the approval and supervision of construction of domestic
sewage disposal plants in the unsewered areas of the district and in this
connection three new houses were constructed with sewage disposal plants.
REPORT REQUIRED BY SECTION 128 (3) OF THE FACTORIES ACT. 1937.
Inspection for purposes of provisions as to health.
| Number on Register. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Uccupiers Prosecuted. | ||
| (l) Factories in which Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities. | 9 | 13 | — | — |
| (2) Factories not included in (1) in which Sec. 7 is enforced by the Local Authority. | 92 | 148 | 1 | — |
| (3) Other premises in which Sec. 7 is enforced by the Local Authority. | 10 | 2 | — | — |
| Total | 111 | 163 | 1 | — |
The notice served required the provision of additional sanitary
accommodation, which was provided.