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thereby, to cause the article to be cleansed, disinfected or destroyed and (if
they think fit) removed for that purpose.
Verminous articles to the number of 1,079 were treated at Mill fields
Disinfecting Station, where a further 1,356 articles were destroyed,
The cleansing of soiled laundry of incontinent persons is deemed to be
covered by the provisions of this section and is undertaken at the Disinfecting
Station, the laundry being collected from the house and returned thereto
by the Disinfecting Staff. This service was provided for 182 persons during
the year, 1,611 collections and deliveries were made, and 16,197 articles
cleansed. Under an agreement made with Stoke Newington Borough Council this
service is also available for persons resident in the area of that authority.
SECTION 123 (Cleansing of verminous houses) requires a sanitary authority, on a
report from a district medical officer of health that any house or part of a
house in their district is infested with vermin, to serve a written notice on
the owner or occupier of the house or part of the house, requiring him to take
all such steps as may be necessary to eradicate the vermin. Failure to comply
with such a notice renders the person on whom the notice is served liable to a
fine and in default the Council may carry out the necessary work and recover
their expenses from the offender
The one notice served under this section necessitated the institution of
legal proceedings, which resulted in the defendant being fined and ordered to
pay the Council's costs.
At the request and, in appropriate cases, the expense of owners or occupiers,
the disinfestation of 456 verminous rooms in 230 houses was carried out.
SECTION 140 (Restrictions on carrying on of offensive businesses)„ The
offensive businesses scheduled are Blood Boiler, Bone Boiler, Catgut Maker or
Manufacturer, Dresser of Fish Skins, Dresser of Fur Skins, Fellmonger, Fat
Melter or Extractor, Glue and Size Manufacturer, Gut Scraper, Knacker, Manure
Manufacturer, Slaughterer, Soap Boiler, Tallow Melter, and Tripe Boiler No
person may establish any of these businesses without the consent of the
sanitary authority. London County Council bylaws made under SECTION 142
provide for the regulation of the conduct of such businesses,, The business of
Fur Skin Dresser was carried on at five premises and that of Poultry Slaughterer
at one premises, as indicated hereunder.
Fur Skin Dressers 26 Bower Road
198 Daubeney Road
73 Digby Road
Springfield Fur Works, Springfield
8 Westgate Street.
Poultry Slaughterer 2 Cazenove Road
No contravention of the relevant bylaws was found at any of these
premises.
SECTION 146 (Bylaws with respect to certain businesses). Powers for regulating
the conduct of the business of a vendor of fried fish3 a fish curer or a
rag and bone dealer are derived from the bylaws made by the London County
Council under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, but deemed by virtue of
Section 307 of the Act of 1936 to be made under Section 146 of that Act. With
regard to the business of rag and bone dealer, the relevant bylaws inter alia
Prohibit the exchange of toys for rags, Additional powers are contained in
Section 26 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1952, which
prohibits any person dealing in rags, bones, old clothes or similar articles
from selling or delivering, whether gratuitously or not, any article of food or
drink to any person, or any article whatsoever to a child under the age of
fifteen years. All 14 premises in which the business of rag and bone dealer
is carried on were inspected, and no contraventions of the bylaws were found,
SECTION 167 (Provision of Public Baths and Wash Houses) Public slipper baths
are provided by the Council at Lower Clapton Road, Wardle Street, Gayhurst Road