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DUSTBINS
Forty new dustbins were supplied by owners of houses
following the service of Intimation or Statutory Notices. In
eleven instances it was necessary to serve formal Statutory Notices
under the provisions of the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1954 before new dustbins were provided.
WOODWORM AND OTHER PESTS
During 1963 the Public Health Inspectors made 424 inspections
in response to requests by residents for assistance in ridding their
premises of various insect pests.
Thirty houses were disinfested of woodworm; one shop was
disinfested of a heavy infestation of house flies; another house
was disinfested of beetles and one infestation of cockroaches was
cleared from a Council establishment.
The practice of sprinkling powder containing 0.5 Dieldrin
in the entrance of wasps nests as a method of destroying the wasps
in the nest was continued, and a total of 29 nests were successfully
destroyed in this way during the year.
Charges made to the responsible persons for the work mentioned
above totalled £170. 15. 1d.
RAG FLOCK
Routine inspections of three registered premises where filling
materials are used and to which the Rag Flock and Other Filling
Materials Act applies were carried out by the Public Health Inspectors.
One licence to manufacture rag flock was renewed during the year.
Four samples of rag flock submitted for analysis passed the
prescribed standards of cleanliness.
CINEMAS
The Public Health Inspectors made regular inspections of the
sanitary conveniences used by the public in the Cinemas and the one
Theatre in the Borough. The standard of cleanliness found in the
sanitary conveniences was good.
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