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Willesden 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: An experiment in controlled tipping on the Bradford plan was carried out on Council's land at Twyford and having proved satisfactory is to be extended.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 Acts, etc.

An experiment in controlled tipping on the Bradford plan was carried out on Council's land at Twyford and having proved satisfactory is to be extended.

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 Acts, etc.

Number of premises inspected on complaint1,967
Number of premises inspected in connection with infectious diseases59
Number of periodical inspections of premises3,750
Houses inspected from House to House (Housing Acts)870
For Certificates under the Rent Acts0
Public House Urinals191
Mews and Stables383
Miscellaneous741
Total number of inspections and re-inspections made>1,290
Smoke Observations226
Action under Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts, 1920-1933.
Number of applications received for Certificates0
Number of Certificates granted0
Action Taken (under Housing Acts and Health Acts) :
Notice to Inspect (Section 127, Housing Act, 1925)
Cautionary or Intimation Notices Issued2,024
Number complied with1,681
Statutory Orders issued362
Number complied with315
Summonses served5
Number of convictions obtained Summonses withdrawn4 1
dismissed0
House Let in Lodgings (Tenement Houses)
Number registered under Bye-laws Number of contraventions0 0
Common Lodging Houses
Number registered under Bye-laws1
Number of Inspections made8
Number of contraventions0
Number remedied0
Canal Boats used as Dwellings
Number of contraventions of Regulations2
Number remedied2
Movable Dwellings. Caravans. Tents, &c.
Number observed during the year14
Number of nuisances therefrom abated0
Number removed from district8
Bakehouses:
Number in district59
Number of Inspections137
Contraventions of Factory Acts4
Contraventions remedied4
Slaughter-houses :
Number on register5
Inspections of carcases, etc219
Contraventions of Bye-laws0
Contraventions remedied0
Cowsheds
Number on register1
Number of inspections made0
Contraventions of regulations0
Contraventions remedied0
Number of milch cows in district0