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Inspection of Premises where Food is prepared:
Butchers', Provision, and General Shops 952
Fish shops (wet, dried and fried) 280
Eating houses 101
Greengrocers' shops 164
Ice-cream premises 66
Stalls 417
Canal Boats Acts, 1877-1884.—The number of boats inspected during the year 1935 was
32 (44 inspections).
No contraventions of the Regulations were found.
No legal proceedings were taken during the year.
Two cases of Infectious Disease were notified and one boat was detained for disinfection.
The Corporation of Willesden is not a Registration Authority.
Offensive Trades.—There are 6 Rag and Bone Dealers carrying on this business in the
district, all complying with the Bye-laws.
Bye-laws Relating to Houses Let in Lodgings. Bye-laws 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.
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 7,027 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 1,458. 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, now the Wembley 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 1935) according to the Rate Books, 40,487.
* Flat separately assessed counted as one house.
Number of houses† in Willesden (end of 1935), 32,540 (approx.).
† Smaller flats contained under one roof are counted as one house, larger flats in blocks being counted separately.