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The Ministry of Supply issued a Direction under the Defence General
Regulations 1939, dated 23rd September, '1941, requiring the Council to
institute a separate collection of kitchen waste to be delivered to the County
Borough of East Ham, to be processed for animal food.
The Council gave considerable attention to this matter and decided
to adopt a scheme for meeting these requirements by means of communal
kitchen waste bins and bi-weekly collections by their own lorries.
(3) Sanitary Inspection of the Area.—The Report of the Senior
Sanitary Inspector is included at the end of this Section.
(4) Shops and Offices.— Under the provisions of the Shops Acts,
1934, a total of fifty-eight shop inspections were recorded. Improvements
with regard to ventilation and temperature of shops and to sanitary conveniences
were effected upon three premises.
Shops (Hours of Closing) Act, 1928.—Under the provisions of Defence
Regulations, 1939, earlier closing hours operated during the winter months
and normal closing hours were resumed between March and November.
It was unnecessary to warn shopkeepers against any contraventions.
(5) Eradication of Bed Bugs.— The means employed for eradication
of the bed bug as outlined in previous reports has been continued with
satisfactory results.
The number of premises disinfested was twenty-two ; no Council
owned houses were disinfested. The insecticides used were Pyaga and
Deodex preparations.
Spraying and steam disinfestation is carried out by the staff of the
Public Health Department.
4. Schools.— One Public School, one Secondary School and eight Elementary
Schools are situated in the district. There are several private schools.
With the exception of one private school all schools were open during the
year.
The sanitary condition and water supply remained satisfactory.
The children of two classrooms were excluded from school for two
weeks following the occurrence of a series of cases of Scarlet Fever in
those classes.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
Report of the Senior Sanitary Inspector.
In accordance with Article 27(18) of the Sanitary Officers' (Outside
London) Regulations, 1935, I beg to submit the following particulars with
regard to the work accomplished by the Sanitary Inspectors during the
year 1941.
Owing to war time conditions a considerable amount of time was
taken up in connection with the following matters:—
Food stocks on damaged premises.