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Hackney 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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they are suitable for use in residential premises and are of such a type that,
without a guard, there is a likelihood of injury by burning. The standards
of construction and fitting for guards, and the tests to be employed in
ascertaining whether guards comply with those standards, are set out in the
Schedule to the Regulations. Regulation 4 exempts from the Regulations sales
for scrap, and under Regulation 5, heating appliances, other than imported
appliances, manufactured before the date of the coming into operation of the
Regulations and not fitted with the requisite guard may be sold or let until
the end of September, 1954.

Summary of the work of sanitary inspection other than of food premises;-Inspections of Dwelling Houses: -

Builders' Notices750
Complaints5,028
Flooding401
Housing Acts, 1936-1949757
Housing Applications352
Infectious Disease338
New Buildings (Water Certificates)333
Rent Restrictions Acts16
Vermin391
Other Inspections:-
Appointments, interviews and special visits4,920
Common Lodging House4
Factories Act, 1937 - Factories559
Outworkers'premises1,736
Offensive Trades12
Pet Animals Act, 195136
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949659
Rag and Bone Shops and Stores24
Shops Act, 1950975
Smoke Nuisances - observations1,500
Static Water Tanks92
Urinals191
Vacant Sites140
Waterways51
Premises in which defects were found5,481
Re-inspections (all forms of inspection)41,838
Notices Served: -
Examination of Drains231
Factories Act, 193792
Infringements of By-laws554
Intimation Notices4, 127
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 19492
Repair of Drains106
Shops Act, 19503
Smoke Nuisances Intimation Notices15
Statutory NoticesNil
Statutory Notices1, 946
Premises in which defects were remedied5,907
Drainage Work -
Drains and Sanitary Fittings tested and examined5,641
Drains relaid279
Drains repaired725
National Assistance Acts, 1948 to 1951 - Visits to Aged Persons324
Attendance at Court232