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This section being concerned with smoke other than that from a private dwelling
house and other than dark smoke emitted from a chimney will presumably cover smoke nuisances
such as those covered by burning refuse in gardens and yards of factory premises. The
procedure under this Section is different from that under Section 1. If smoke with which
the Section is concerned is a nuisance to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood it is deemed
to be a statutory nuisance under Part III of the Public Health Act, 1936 and the remedy is
by service of notice as in the case of other statutory nuisances.
Section 24. Building Byelaws.
This section enables the Council to make building byelaws requiring the provision
in new buildings of sizch arrangements for heating and cooking as are calculated to prevent,
as far as practicable, the emission of smoke. The Minister has prepared a model byelaw which
would limit the provision of cooking and heating appliances in new buildings either to such
appliances for heating and cooking as are suitably designed to consume one of the following
fuels; gas, electricity, gas coke or anthracite.
Byelaws under this section of the Act were being considered at the end of the year,
and were presented to Council and approved on 26th March, 1957.
Inspection of Food and Food Premises.
In the Borough there are approximately 1750 establishments where food is sold or
prepared for sale, and during the year, 4194 visits were made to these premises. Of this
number, 739 are registered under the West Ham Corporation Act 1937> Section 67, in connection
with the sale of ice cream or preserved foods.
The types of registered premises are as follows:-
Butchers 125 Greengrocers 43
Wet and Fried Fish Shops 63 Grocers 193
Ice Cream Establishments 315
The number of licensed distributors of.milk is 259 and 459 licences have been issued
in relation to designated milk sold by them. One establishment is registered for the sterilisation
and sale of sterilised milk.
List of Food Shops
This list is not complete as the Inspectors are at the time of preparation of this
report carrying out a new survey of premises in their areas in view of many changes in
occupation during the past few years.
Dairies 14
Ice Cream Manufacturers 9
Wet Fish Shops
Fried Fish Shops 70
Cafe's and Restaurants 283
Grocers 360
Greengrocers 87
Butchers 130
Bakers and Bakehouses 58
Confectioners (includes
cream retailers) 226
Hawkers and Stalls 20
Food Manufacturers (large) 4
Public Houses and Off Licences 125
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