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such notices served during 1931 was 5,108. The number of statutory
notices served was 1.668; and summonses were issued in 50 cases.
Offensive Trades.
The only offensive trades carried on in the Borough are those of
fur skin dressing and poultry slaughtering. These are controlled
under special By-laws. They number at present—fur skin dressers,
16; poultry slaughterers, 2. Forty-three inspections were made
during the year. There were no contraventions of the By-laws.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904.
Verminous Premises.
Powers are granted by this Act to Local Authorities to cleanse,
disinfect or destroy any unwholesome articles in any house, or to
require the owner or occupier of any house that is in a verminous
condition to cleanse the premises.
For some years past it has been the practice of the School
Medical Authority to give notice to the Borough Council of school
children who have been required by notice to submit to treatment
at the Cleansing Station, and to ask that steps be taken to deal with
their homes under the above Act

The scope of this work was extended in 1931, when arrangements
were made for visits to be paid by the Sanitary Inspectors
to the homes of all persons who make voluntary attendances at the
Cleansing Station.
During the period from 1st September to 31st December, 1931,
847 homes were inspected with the following results : —