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Piggeries.
Cleansings, 1.
Street Traders.
Stalls improved, 12; Storerooms improved, 4.
Public Houses.
Special cleansings, 7; Hot water supply improved, 4.
Caravans.
There are no authorised sites in the Borough.
During the year considerable trouble was experienced from
unauthorised campers on the verge in Folly Lane, but with the
willing co-operation of the police authorities and the Borough
Architect, Engineer and Surveyor's Department, they were removed,
only to return later and again to be removed.
Smoke Abatement.
At the end of the year, a resolution submitted from the
National Smoke Abatement Society following its Annual Confer'
ence in Glasgow, stated that it viewed with alarm the menace of
fumes caused by the extension of the use of diesel oil engines and
their faulty maintenance, and that all Local Authorities and Police
be requested to enforce, and if necessary, to increase their powers
to ensure minimising or suppression of these fumes in the interests
of public health.
The Council decided that the Metropolitan Police and the
Essex County Council be asked to enforce their powers relating to
the emission of fumes by motor vehicles, and that representations
be made to the Ministry of Fuel and Power for a larger allocation
of smokeless fuel to the Borough.
Complaints of smoke nuisance were received and investigations
carried out in respect of 28 premises, 24 of which were factories.
Forty-eight smoke observations were carried out.
By the end of the year, 23 of the above complaints had been
remedied.
Eradication of Bed Bugs, etc.
During the year an electric spray was purchased for the disin
festation of premises and has proved a very great advantage.