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1,700 rooms were disinfected.
8,931 articles were disinfected or destroyed.
361 library books were disinfected.
26 persons were bathed.
EXHUMATIONS.
Three exhumations took place at the Tottenham Cemetery, under the
supervision of the Sanitary Inspector. The Home Office requirements
were complied with.
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
Observations have been kept upon the factory chimneys, and com
munications have been sent to proprietors to abate nuisances arising from
smoke on 8 occasions. No legal procedure was required.
PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS WHICH CAN BE
CONTROLLED BY BYE-LAWS OR REGULATIONS.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.—There are 12 private Slaughter-Houses
in the District, 5 being registered and 7 licenced. They are periodically
visited, and it has not been found that any offence has been created.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
13 applications from retail purveyors were received during the year
for registration under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885,
and Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922. These were acceded to.
There are at present upon the register, 183 retail purveyors of milk.
2 purveyors were licenced for the sale of "Grade A (Tuberculin
Tested)" Milk, 1 for the sale of "Certified" Milk, 1 for the sale of
"Pasteurised" Milk (supplementary licence), and 1 for the sale of
"Certified" Milk (supplementary licence).
Periodical inspection is made of the premises where the Graded
Milk is bottled, and samples are taken in accordance with the Ministry
of Health's scheme.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
There are 5 Common Lodging Houses in the District. All have been
kept under observation, and appropriate action was taken to remedy any
defects found.