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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Leyton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Paragraph 10. Supervision of scavenging of the district.
Public Health Act , 1936. In addition to the above general list of duties, the following are definitely specified in the Public Health Act, 1936, as coming within the province of the sanitary inspector:
| Section. | Subject matter. |
|---|---|
| 38 | Drainage of buildings in combination. |
| 39 | Provisions as to drainage, etc., of existing buildings. |
| 40 | Provisions as to soil pipes and ventilating shafts. |
| 41 | Notice to be given of repair, etc., to drains. |
| 42 | Alteration of drainage system. |
| 43 | Closet accommodation for new buildings. |
| 44 | Insufficient closet accommodation. |
| 45 | Defective closet accommodation. |
| 46 | Sanitary conveniences for factories, etc. |
| 47 | Conversion of closet accommodation. |
| 48 | Examination and testing of drains. |
| 49 | Rooms over closets, etc., not to be used as living, sleeping or work rooms. |
| 50 | Overflowing or leaking cesspools. |
| 51 | Care of closets. |
| 52 | Care of sanitary conveniences used in common. |
| 56 | Yards and passages to be paved and drained. |
| 72/82 | Removal of refuse, scavenging, keeping of animals, etc. |
| 83/85 | Verminous premises, articles and persons. |
| 88 | Control over conveniences in, or accessible from, streets. |
| 89 | Power to require sanitary conveniences to be provided at inns, refreshment houses, etc. |
| 91/110 | Nuisances and offensive trades. |
| 137 | New houses to be provided with supply of water. |
| 138 | Power of local authority to require any occupied house to be provided with sufficient water supply. |
| 140 | Power to close, or restrict use of water from, polluted source of supply. |
| 141 154 | Insanitary water cisterns. Rag and bone dealers. |
| 235/241 | Common lodging houses. |
| 249/255 | Canal boats. |
| 259/266 | Watercourses and streams. |
| 267 | Ships. |
| 268/270 | Tents, vans, sheds, fruitpickers' lodgings. |