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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—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. XIVth OLYMPIAD. Whilst it is well known that many
of the events were staged at the Wembley Stadium and Empire
Pool, it may not be generally known that the holding of these
events brought in its train considerable additional duties to the
local authority and its officers, and gave rise to a certain amount
of anxiety.
Several months before the Olympiad was due to take place a
code of Medical Arrangements and Accommodation Standards was
drawn up and adopted by the Council, and subsequently approved
by the Olympiad Medical Committee.
This code set out in detail arrangements for Medical Attention,
Hospitals (including Isolation Hospitals), Ambulances,
Laboratory Services, Disinfection and Disinfestation and Public
Cleansing.