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practicable means of preventing or mitigating the nuisance,
having regard to the cost and other relevant circumstances,
is retained.
During the year the Council also considered the effect
of the existing legislation available to prevent or mitigate
noise in all its aspects. The Council decided that the
provisions of the Byelaws in force in the Borough should be
given more publicity in order that the public may be made
aware of the remedies available to them to deal with
contraventions of such Byelaws.
Complaints were received during the year of excessive
noise from motor vehicles, and in particular motor cycles.
Assurances were received from the local police authorities
that action against an offender is taken when circumstances
warrant intervention by the Police.
The Noise Abatement Act imposes a total prohibition
on the use of a loudspeaker in a street between 9 p.m. and
8 a.m., and prohibition on the use of loudspeakers in the
street at any time of the day or night for advertising any
entertainment, trade, or business. However, the use of
ice-cream chimes between noon and 7 p.m. is permitted if
they are operated so as not to give reasonable cause for
annoyance to persons in the vicinity. Proceedings for
an offence may be instituted by a local authority or by a
member of the public.
During the year the Council adopted a Byelaw dealing
with noisy instruments in streets in the following form"No
person, for the purpose of hawking, selling, distributing,
or advertising any article, shall shout or use any
bell, gong or noisy instrument in any street or public
place so as to cause annoyance to the inhabitants of the
neighbourhood."
HOUSING
REPAIRS
At the end of the year it was estimated that there
were 44,090 dwellings in the Borough. Premises inspected
for housing defects under both the Public Health (London)
Act and the Housing Act totalled 1,943. Of the total
number inspected, 882 houses were found to be not in all
respects reasonably fit for habitation.
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