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(5) The measures taken by way of supervision or education of
tenants to prevent infestation or re-infestation after cleansing.
The Council has appointed Welfare Visitors whose duty it is
periodically to inspect the Council's dwellings. During these
inspections a special point is made of observing whether re-infestation
has taken place, and any re-infestation is reported to the
Housing Manager. It is also a duty of the Welfare Visitors to
educate tenants, when necessary, to take suitable measures to keep
the dwellings in a clean and vermin-free condition.
Removal of Aged and Infirm Persons.—Action was taken in two
cases during the year under Section 224 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1936, which gives authority for the compulsory
removal to an institution of persons who are aged or infirm or
physically incapacitated and residing in premises which are insanitary
and who cannot devote to themselves or receive from
persons with whom they reside proper care and attention. A
Magistrate's Order for removal was obtained in each case and the
persons were duly removed to hospital.
In a third instance an aged woman entered hospital voluntarily
before application for a compulsory removal order could be made;
whilst in one further case the person concerned was removed from
the Borough by her relatives subsequent to an application to the
Court for a removal order.
Shops Act, 1934.
This Act places upon Metropolitan Borough Councils responsibility
for ensuring that suitable and sufficient means of ventilating
and maintaining a reasonable temperature shall be provided in every
shop in which persons are employed about the business of the shop
and that suitable and sufficient sanitary conveniences are available
in every such shop not being a shop exempted by the Council from
this requirement of the Act.
During the past year 1,591 inspections or re-inspections of shops
were made under the Act.
Swimming Baths and Pools.
There are three swimming baths in the Council's Central Public
Baths at Lower Clapton Road, the total capacity of the baths being
313,000 gallons.