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Milk (Special Designations) Order 1923.
18 applications for licences under the above Order were received during
the year. All the licences were granted and the description and number of
licences issued are are follows:—
Dealer's Licences:—
"Grade A (Tuberculin tested) " Milk ... 8*
"Certified" Milk 1
Dealer's Supplementary Licences:—
"Grade A (Tuberculin tested)" Milk 3
"Certified" Milk 3
"Pastuerised " Milk 3
*2 in respect to bottling establishments.
Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1919.
Complaints received 663
Number of drains tested 633
Number of drains found to be defective 89
Number of notices served 89
Number referred to the Borough Engineer 574
Canal Boats Acts 1877 & 1884.
Pursuant to the Third Section of the Canal Boats Act, 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 made thereunder, and as to the steps taken by them as such
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 performance of
this duty. His inspection is irrespective of the examination of boats made
by the Examining Officer prior to their registration.
(2) The number of boats inspected in 1926 was 54, and the condition
of the boats and their occupants, as regards the matters dealt with
in the Acts and Regulations, was very good.
(3) Infringements of Acts and Regulations were discovered as
follows:-
(a) Registration Nil.
(b) Notification of change of Master Nil.
(c) Certificates Nil.
(d) Marking Nil.
(e) Overcrowding Nil.