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Offensive Businesses
There are nineteen offensive businesses in the Borough. The register
comprises the following premises:-
Dresser of Furskins (1): 34/38, Brodlove Lane.
Poultry Slaughterhouses (18):
19, Bell Lane* 7, Leyden Street*
28, Burslem Street 10b, Leyden Street*
161, Gannon Street Road 13, Leyden Street
163, Cannon Street Road* 15, Leyden-Street
16/18, Cobb Street 7, Lower Hessel Street*
14, Hessel Street* 4, Monthope Street*
21/22, Hessel Street* 6, Monthope Street*
36, Hessel Street 10a, Monthope Street
75, Hessel Street 82, Stepney Way.
(*Establishment Orders of these premises are subject to renewal from
time to time by the Council.)
Half the poultry slaughterhouses in the Borough were established
before the function of granting Establishment Orders was transferred
from the County Council to the Borough Council. The orders for such
premises not being renewable annually, the Borough Council have no
powers to impose conditions regarding, for example, the hours during
which slaughtering and delivery of poultry may take place. In the
absence of such conditions nuisances have arisen from noise, particularly,
in the early morning.
The Council during the year made representations to the Secretary
of State, the London County Council and the Metropolitan Boroughs'
Standing Joint Committee urging that powers be conferred upon the
Council to permit them to review all establishment orders annually,
and to impose conditions.
Representations were also made to the appropriate authority
expressing the Council's hope that everything may be done to expedite
the establishment of a centralised poultry slaughterhouse.
Rodent Control
In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food, statistics on Rodent Control work carried out by the
Department during the year were submitted to the Ministry. During this
period 2,421 dwellings and other premises were inspected, and 1,027 were
found to be infested with mice or rats. Treatments were carried out by
the Department's rodent control staff to 839 properties found to be infested,
the charges made for servicing business premises amounting to £401.
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