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Willesden 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Local Regulations:—
Small Holdings and Allotment Act, 1908. Adopted 25.11.1913.
*Relating to underground sleeping rooms, Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909,
s. 17 (7). Adopted 23.9.1913.
* These are administered wholly or partly by the Health Committee.
The unstarred are administered by other Committees of the Council.
Sanitary Inspection] of the Area.

Tabular summary of the work of the Sanitary Department during the year and action taken under the Public Health Acts, Housing Act, etc.

Inspections:
Number of premises inspected on complaint2,077
Number of premises inspected in connection with infectious diseases113
Number of premises under periodical inspection1,862
Houses inspected from House to House (Housing Act, 1925)1,263
For Certificates under the Rent Acts21
Public House Urinals331
Mews and Stables639
Miscellaneous95
Total number of inspections and re-inspections made25,323
Action under Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts, 1920-25.
Number of applications received for Certificates21
Number of Certificates granted8
Action Taken (under Housing and Health Acts):
Notice to Inspect (Section 127, Housing Act, 1925)3,383
Cautionary or Intimation Notices Issued3,521
Number complied with2,798
Statutory Orders issued256
Number complied with195
Summonses served1
Number of convictions obtained1
Summonses withdrawn0
,, dismissed0
Houses Let in Lodgings (Tenement Houses):
Number registered under Bye-laws0
Number of contraventions0
Common Lodging Houses:
Number registered under Bye-laws1
Number of Inspections made22
Number of contraventions10
Number remedied9
Canal Boats used as Dwellings:
Number of contraventions of Regulations2
Number remedied2
Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, &c.:
Number observed during the year8
Number of nuisances therefrom abated0
Number removed from district0
Bakehouses:
Number in district62
Number of Inspections245
Contraventions of Factory Acts63
Contraventions remedied58
Slaughter-houses:
Number on register8
Inspections of carcases, etc.477
Contraventions of Bye-laws4
Contraventions remedied4
Cowsheds:
Number on register2
Number of inspections made19
Contraventions of regulations
Contraventions remedied0
Number of milch cows in district62