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Internally there exists a number of minor sanitary defects, namely:—
Ground Floor.
Front room.—Floor broken ; fireplace—jambs falling.
Back room.—Sash lines missing.
Scullery.—Cistern dirty; portion of ceiling fallen down.
Passage.—Wall plaster broken ; ceiling dirty.
1st Floor.
Back room.—Sink waste-pipe untrapped, approximately 14 feet.
Back addition room.—Sash lines broken.
2nd, Floor.
Staircase.—Cistern on back roof dirty—dilapidated cover; walls have been
partially stripped (now bare) ; window—sash lines broken.
The condition of this property is such that proceedings under section 94 of the Public Health
Act, 1875, if taken into Court would not, in my opinion be successful. It is open to question as to
whether the conditions named render the house in all respects not reasonably fit for human habitation
in accordance with the provisions of section 28 of the Housing Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919.
On the other hand, it would appear that the tenants have reasonable grounds of complaint.
In these circumstances I would be glad to receive the instructions of the Committee as to
whether in their opinion action should be taken by the Council under one or other of the sections above
referred to.
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer of Health.
To be submitted to the Health Committee on 10th March, 1925.
APPENDIX E.
CONFERENCE WITH MEAT TRADERS IN WILLESDEN REGARDING ADMINISTRATION
OF PUBLIC HEALTH (MEAT) REGULATIONS, 1924.
Arising out of the decision of the Health Committee, a Conference between the Willesden
Meat Traders and the Council was held at tha Town Hall, Dyne Road, Kilburn, N.W. 6, on Thursday,
the 19th day of March, 1925, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Approximately 120 members of the trade
attended, the Willesden Council being represented by the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Council
and Councillors Bown, Melluish, Mossley, Miss Royle, Seal, Dr. Skene, Vidler, and Willison.
The Vice-Chairman of the Council was in the chair.
The Vice-Chairman of the Council, upon opening the proceedings, briefly stated the object of
the Health Committee in convening the Conference. He pointed out that, under Article 3, it was
the duty of the Local Authority to enforce and execute the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, and
it was the desire of the Council to ascertain any difficulties which, in the opinion of the trade, would
be imposed by the Regulations.
The Medical Officer of Health explained the Regulations, the chief of which are:—
Article 1.—The regulations shall come into force on the 1st April, 1925.
Article 2.—Included amongst the definitions—
"Meat" means the flesh of cattle, swine, sheep or goats, including bacon and ham
and edible offal and fat, which is sold or intended for sale for human consumption, and
'animal' means any animal from which meat is derived."
Article 3.—The Local Authority shall enforce and execute the provisions of the regulations in
their district.
Articles 4 and 5.—The Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors at all reasonable
times to have power to enter and inspect all premises to which the regulations apply, and reasonable
assistance is to be given them by traders in the execution of their duties under the regulations.
Slaughter Houses and Slaughtering.
Article 8.—Under this Article not less than three hours' notice must be given to the Local
Authority of Slaughtering, but where it is the regular practice to slaughter at fixed times on fixed
days, special notice shall not be required to be given to the Local Authority. In case of emergency
an animal may be slaughtered outside these fixed days and times, providing notice is given to the
Local Authority as soon as reasonably possible, whether before or after the slaughtering takes place.