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DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION.
1,713 rooms were disinfected.
16,787 articles were disinfected or destroyed.
164 library books were disinfected.
2 persons were bathed.
EXHUMATIONS.
1 exhumation took place at the Tottenham Cemetery, under the
supervision of the Sanitary Inspector. The Home Office requirements
were complied with.
SMALL DWELLINGS ACQUISITION ACT.
The Sanitary Inspectors are required to report upon the condition
of properties proposed to be acquired under the Small Dwellings
Acquisition Act. The sanitary conditions of such properties have been
the subject of 6 reports during 1926
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 licensed. They are periodically
visited, and it has not been found that any offence has been created.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
16 applications for registration from retail purveyors of milk were
received during the year. These were acceded to.
There are at present 139 retail purveyors on the register.
4 purveyors were licensed for the sale of "Grade A (Tuberculin
Tested)" Milk, 2 for the sale of "Certified" Milk, 1 for the sale of
"Pasteurised" Milk (supplementary license), and 1 for the sale of
"Certified" Milk (supplementary license).
Periodical inspection is made of the premises where Graded
Milk is bottled, and samples are taken in accordance with the Ministry
of Health's scheme.
No action was required to be taken under the Public Health
(Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.