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CHAPTER VI.
ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE, FOOD AND WATER,
HOUSING, FACTORIES, ETC.
1. SERVICES PROVIDED, Ascertainment, investigation
and abatement of nuisances—Scrutiny re sewers and drains—
Sanitary circumstances of special premises (Public Houses,
Cinemas, Dance Halls)—Co-ordination regarding Local Land
Charges, etc., registers—Supervision of food, ascertainment and
condemnation of unfit food, pamphlet "The importance of cleanliness
in food handling" distributed—Registration of premises
under Food and Drugs Act, 1938, special pamphlet regarding ice
cream, its manufacture, storage and sale—Routine periodic
examination of public water supplies—Middlesex County Council
Act, 1944, registration of hawkers of meat, meat food products,
fish, fruit, vegetables and premises—Registration under Milk and
Dairies Acts—Supervision under Milk (Special Designations)
Orders—Housing, overcrowding, disrepair, ascertainment and
action thereon—Ascertainment and supervision of movable dwellings
under Middlesex County Council Act—Supervision of domestic
refuse bins—'Factories and workplaces and outworkers, supervision
regarding smoke — Noise and dust nuisances — Supervision of
petroleum storage—Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919, ascertainment
of infestations and dealing therewith, pamphlet available
regarding poisoning, trapping, rat proofing—(Supervision under
Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation of Buildings) Regulations, 1938
—Cleansing of verminous premises, pamphlets distributed on the
protection against house flies, the destruction of ants—Use of
D.D.T. preparations—Borough byelaws relevant to Sanitary
Inspectors, Good rule and government and prevention of nuisances,
Nuisances, Offensive trades, Slaughterhouses, Ventilation and
lighting of Stables, Building byelaws, Public sanitary conveniences,
Removal of offensive matter, etc., through the streets, Removal of
house refuse.
2. DEVELOPMENT 10 YEARS, 1936-1946, (a) New
services provided—Under Food and Drugs Act, 1938, particularly
Sections 13 and 14, inspection of offices according to Public
Health Act, 1936, ascertainment and treatment of infestation
under Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919, responsibilities
under Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation of Buildings) Regulations,
1938, supervision of petroleum storage; (b) Expansion of existing
services:—
1936. 1946.
Complaints received 770 2,479
Visits by Inspectors 17,379 24,856
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