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diately makes known the availability of such a facility by
means of the express "bush telegraph" used so adequately and
speedily by these people; the consequence being the aggregation
of a large number of caravans on waste land adjacent
to the public highways in close proximity to dwelling houses.
It is considered that these people do not want permanent
stopping sites where they can be controlled as to their sanitary
circumstances, their personal hygiene, the prevention of
nuisances and above all by the constant supervision by both
officials and police. They contribute nothing to the social
improvement of either themselves or the area in which they
stop and their form of life is such that they want to be unhampered
in their movements as and when they so desire and
in accordance with their own particular standards of living.
It is acknowledged quite freely that these people have a right
to live a reasonable life but the obligation to provide them
with the right to thus live should not fall upon any specific
local authority to which they make no rate contribution, but
rather that there should be national sites provided at suitable
points and subject to strict control by both Police and Public
Health Officers. A reasonable charge should be made on those
persons using the accommodation. The prevention of serious
nuisances would be ensured by careful supervision and the
provision of suitable sanitary amenities regulated by the local
authorities.
Housing tiepairs
and Rents
Acts, 1954 and
1957. Rent &
Mortgage Interest
(Restrictions)
Acts,
1920 and 1939.
Rent Act 1957
and Rent Act
1965
The administration of these Acts, insofar as the issue of
certificates of disrepair was concerned continued much as
in 1964, there being only six applications received and six
granted, whilst Certificates of Disrepair actually issued
numbered only two there being four undertakings received
from landlords to carry out specific repairs. There were
only three Certificates of Disrepair cancelled during the
year.
Inspection and
Supervision of
Food
This important branch of the Environmental Health Service
is the subject of detailed supervision by the Inspectors, the
Redbridge Borough Council having delegated to the Health
Committee all its powers and duties under the Food and Drugs
Act, 1955 and the Regulations and Orders made thereunder.
179 persons were registered as distributors of milk under the
Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations 1959 and 24 dairy
premises, not being dairy farms, e.g. premises on which Milk