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Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949
It is not unusual to find dairymen crossing boundaries to serve
new customers, and it is not unusual for them to neglect to register
with the second authority.
One case of this nature was found where the dealer concerned
came from Chingford.
Suitable approaches were made to him to register with the
Wanstead and Woodford Borough Council, but as he failed to do so
a report was made to the Public Health Committee, who agreed to
information being laid against him. The case was, however, never
taken to Court because the Town Clerk decided that there was insufficient
evidence to support a prosecution. The dealer did eventually
register as required.
NEW LEGISLATION
and other official publications.
Essex County Council Act, 1952
This Act came into effect in April, 1953 with the exception of
certain sections, and consisted of 239 sections and seven schedules,
dealing with many aspects of Local Government, such as land, new
streets, improvements, repair of streets, parks, pleasure grounds,
public order and public safety, sewers, drains, etc.
The General Purposes Committee of the Council decided that
the Public Health Committee and the Department under their control
should be responsible for sections dealing with sewers and drains
etc., food storage accommodation, approaches to tenements, extension
of powers under Section 9 of the Housing Act, 1936, filth, noise and
smoke nuisances, infectious diseases and food matters.
Details of some of the Sections of the new Act which are of
interest to Public Health Officers are given below.
S.87 gives the Local Authority power to require a house built after
April, 1953 to be provided with sufficient and suitable storage for
food. (Does not this provision come a little late in the day? Such a
provision would be helpful if it applied to all houses).
S.89 extends Section 9 of the Housing Act, 1936 by providing that a
house occupied, or suitable for occupation by persons of the working
classes is not in all respects fit for human habitation (i) if it is not
kept repaired and painted sufficiently to prevent the dilapidation
thereof, and to secure the reasonable amenities for the occupiers
thereof, or (ii) if the interior surface of the walls thereof is not
papered or painted with paint or washable distemper sufficient as
aforesaid. There is of course right of appeal to the County Court.
S.93 and 94 deal with the silencing of exhausts from stationary internal
combustion engines, and any unreasonable and unnecessary
noise which is prejudicial or a nuisance to health.
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