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St. John's Churchyard. The Borough Council now maintain twelve conveniences
for women and twelve conveniences and nine urinals for men,
and also undertake the cleansing of one privately owned urinal,
SECTION 122 (Cleansing or destruction of filthy or verminous articles),
In four instances it was necessary to serve notices requiring the
cleansing or destruction of verminous articles.
Verminous articles treated 2,686
Verminous articles destroyed 2,082
Soiled Laundry
Number of persons for whom service was
provided 91
Collections and deliveries made 2,166
Number of articles cleansed 21,457
Under an agreement made with Stoke Newington Borough Council this
service was also available for persons resident in the area of that
authority.
SECTION 123 (Cleansing of verminous houses). At the request and, in
appropriate cases, the expense of owners or occupiers, the disinfestation
of 328 verminous rooms in 191 houses was carried out. One notice
was served,
SECTION 140 (Restrictions on carrying on of offensive businesses).
Establishment Orders remained in operation in respect of offensive
businesses carried on at the following six premises:Fur
Skin Dressers 26 Bower Road
198 Daubeney Road
73 Digby Road
Springfield Pur Works,
Springfield Gardens.
8 Westgate Street.
Poultry Slaughterer 2 Cazenove Road
No contravention of the bylaws regulating the conduct of these
businesses was reported. An application to establish anew the business
of gut scraper was refused,
SECTION 146 (Bylaws with respect to certain businesses). The business
of rag and bone dealer was carried on at fourteen premises; no contraventions
of the bylaws were found.
SECTION 157 (Applications for lodging house licences), One lodging
house with sleeping accommodation for 133 men was licensed by the
Council.
SECTION 167 (Provision of baths and washhouses), The following baths
and washhouses are provided by the Council:-
Public Laundry Eastway
Slipper Baths Lower Clapton Road
Wardle Street
Gayhurst Road
Shacklewell Lane
Englefield Road
Eastway
Swimming Baths Lower Clapton Road (Three indoor baths)
Vapour Suite Lower Clapton Road.