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Grid and mica flaps provided 3
Firegrates repaired (including surrounds and hearths) 8
Stoves, coppers, ranges, etc., repaired 3
Chimney stacks repaired 6
Staircases repaired 7
Doors repaired 11
Internal plaster repairs 87
Sash cords renewed 39
Dustbins provided 27
Accumulations removed 16
All ponds and ditches in the Borough where mosquito breeding
was likely were sprayed with insecticide during the year and larger
areas where mosquitoes were found to be breeding but spraying was
impracticable, were treated with a fog generating apparatus with
satisfactory results.
Disinfestation of dust chutes at the Council's blocks of flats was
carried out by means of the high pressure fogging apparatus which
was most effective: all school canteens were similarly treated.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Public Health Act, 1936.—
Summonses were issued against the occupiers of two caravans on
vacant land in Bath Road in respect of non-compliance with notices
for the abatement of a statutory nuisance and a contravention of
section 292 of the Public Health Act, 1936, but as both caravans
were removed out of the Borough on the day that the summonses
were issued, the summonses could not be proceeded with.
Summonses were issued against the occupiers of three caravans
on vacant land in Bath Road for contravening the provisions of
section 269 of the Public Health Act, 1936. At the Hearing at
Wallington on the 5th August the Court imposed a fine of £5 and
awarded one guinea costs to the Council in each case.
Summonses were issued against the occupiers of two caravans on
vacant land in Bath Road for contravening the provisions of section
269 of the Public Health Act, 1936. At the Hearing on 7th January,
I960, the Court imposed a fine of £5 with costs of two guineas to
the Council in one case and a fine of £3 in the other case.