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Stepney 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Noise Nuisances.
19 complaints of alleged noise nuisance were investigated
during the year, under Section 66 of the London County
Council (General Powers) Act, 1937.
Notices Served.
Informal Notices under the various Acts and byelaws were served during the year, as follows :-
| Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | 4,946 |
| Factories Acts, 1937 & 1948 | 152 |
| Shops'. Act, 1950 | 8 |
| Drair\age Byelaws | 1 |
| Water Closet Byelaws | 3 |
| Houses-let-in-Lodgings Byelaws | 4 |
| Miscellaneous Act and Byelaws | 9 |
| Total: | 5,123 |
Offensive Trades.
There are 19 offensive businesses in the Borough, of
which 273 inspections were made during the year, and one
Notice was served.
The premises are situate as under:
Tripe Boiler: (1) 94, Wentworth Street.
Dressers of Fur skins : (3) 34/38, Brodlove Lane.
48,50,50a,54 & 56, Old Church
Road.
29, Spelman Street.
Poultry Slaughterhouses:
(15) 21/22, Hessel Street
28, Burslem Street 36, Hessel Street
l6l, Cannon Street Read 42, Hessel Street
16/18, Cobb Street 75, Hessel Street
49, Globe Road 13, Leyden Street
9, Gun Street 15, Leyden Street
8a, Hessel Street. Fish Hall, 10a, Monthope St.
14, Hessel Street 82, Stepney Way.
The Borough's last remaining cowhouse closed during the
year. Fifty years ago there were 44 such premises.