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Additional light and ventilation provided to staircases 85
Larders or food cupboards provided or ventilated 93
Gutters and rainwater pipes repaired or renewed 772
New sash cords and glass provided to windows 2,643
Smoke observations 302
Miscellaneous 894
Total number of Nuisances Abated 21,482
Inspections of Premises where Food is prepared:
Butchers', Provision, and General Shops 853
Fish shops (wet, dried and fried) 254
Eating houses 95
Greengrocers' shops 166
Ice-cream premises 135
Stalls 614
Canal Boats Acts, 1877-1884.—The number of boats inspected during the year, 1932, was
27 (39 inspections).
Three contraventions of the Regulations were found:—
(i) Certificate indecipherable.
(ii) Overcrowding.
(iii) Registration Number on boat indistinct.
These contraventions were remedied.
No legal proceedings were taken during the year.
No case of Infectious Disease has been notified or traced, and no boats were detained for
cleansing or disinfection.
The Willesden Urban District Council is not a Registration Authority.
Offensive Trades.—There are 5 Rag and Bone Dealers carrying on this business in the
district, all complying with the Bye-laws.
Byelaws relating to Houses let in Lodgings, and to Tents, Vans, Sheds, etc. Byelaws
were made by the Urban District Council of Willesden with respect to houses intended or used
for occupation by the working classes and let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one
family, on the 26th July, 1927.
These were allowed by the Minister of Health on 18th April, 1928. Up to the present no staff
has been appointed to administer these byelaws.
Underground Sleeping Rooms.—There are 723 houses with basements and approximately
400 rooms are used as sleeping apartments. The Regulations of the Council governing this class
of property were amended to conform to Section 18, Housing Act, 1925.
Disposal of the Dead.—The Council at present own a cemetery within the district and it is
estimated that a further 8,780 grave spaces could be laid out before that cemetery is full; the average
number of burials therein annually for the past ten years has been approximately 1,350. The Council
realising that the accommodation of their present cemetery will within a few years be exhausted
purchased a site in 1929 in the Kingsbury Urban District practically abutting on the north-western
boundary of the district.
There are two Jewish cemeteries situate in the district, one in Beaconsfield Road and another
in Pound Lane, and it is estimated there are sufficient grave spaces to last approximately 30 and 65
years respectively before these cemeteries are full.
Schools.—The whole of the schools in Willesden have a good and sufficient water supply
and sanitary accommodation.
Rag Flock Acts, 1911-28.—There are no premises in the district on which rag flock is manufactured,
and no sampling under these Acts has been carried out during the year.
HOUSING.
Number of inhabited houses* in Willesden (end of 1932) according to the Rate Book,
37,418.
* Flat separately assessed counted as one house.
Number of houses* in Willesden (end of 1932), 30,829 (approx.).
* Flats contained under one roof are counted as one house.