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Milk (Special Designations) Order 1923. -
13 applications for licences under the above Order were received during
he year. All the licences were granted and the description and number
f licences issued are as follows: —
Dealer's Licences: —
"Grade A (Tuberculin tested)" Milk 2*
"Grade A" Milk 2
"Certified" Milk 2
Dealer's Supplementary Licences:—
"Grade A (Tuberculin tested)"Milk 2
"Grade A" Milk 1
"Certified" Milk 2
"Pastuerised" Milk 2
*1 is in respect to a bottling establishment.
Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1919.
Complaints received 568
Number of drains tested 568
Number of drains found to be defective 77
Number of Notices served 77
Number referred to the Borough Engineer 491
Disinfecting: Station.
1,633 rooms were fumigated and the bedding, etc., were removed and
disinfected by steam. Of these, 1.403 rooms were fumigated because of
infectious disease, 175 as a result of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and 55 because
they were verminous. In addition to these, Scabies occurred in 130 families
and the bedding was taken away and disinfected by steam.
208,581 articles were disinfected. Of these, 153,735 were second-hand
articles of clothing for export abroad, 48,976 were from premises where
infectious disease occurred, and 5,870 because they were in a verminous
condition. 1,967 articles of bedding were destroyed with the owners' consent.
Canal Boats Acts 1877 & 1884.
Pursuant to the Third Section of the Canal Boats Acts, 1884, the Metropolitan
Borough of Stepney, being the Registration Authority under the above
Acts, has to report as follows with regard to the Execution of such Acts and
of the Regulations and thereunder, and as to the steps taken by them as sucli
authority during the year to give effect to the provisions of the said Acts and
Regulations, viz.:—
(1) Canal Boats coming within the district are inspected by a
Sanitary Inspector, who receives a sum of £10 per annum for the