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CHAPTER IV.
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, 1950, registration
of hawkers of food and premises—Registration under Milk
and Dairies Acts—Supervision under Milk (Special Designations)
Regulations—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—Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949, ascertainment
of infestations and dealing therewith, pamphlet available
regarding poisoning, trapping, rat proofing—Supervision under
Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation of Buildings) Regulations, 1951
—Cleansing of verminous premises, pamphlets distributed on the
protection against house flies, the destruction of ants and the
destruction of wasps—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. CENSUS—1951. The report of the Registrar General on
the Census figures of 1951 relating to the County of Middlesex is
now published. It contains a mass of very interesting statistical
data relating not only to Middlesex as a whole but also in relation
to each County District in Middlesex. Appropriate extracts from
this report have been made.
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