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of access without payment. It is also an offence to throw down or drop litter
from such a place, on to private land or into a garden. For the purpose of
the Act any covered place opened to the air on one side is to be treated as a
place in the open air. A person guilty of an offence is liable to a fine not
exceeding £10, but the depositing of litter is not an offence if the owner of
the place has given his consent.
LAND CHARGES ACT, 1925
Enquiries by prospective purchasers of property as to outstanding
sanitary and other notices, orders or charges were dealt with in respect
of 2,067 premises.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948
SECTION 50 (Burial or cremation of the dead). This section places upon
the sanitary authority an obligation to cause to be buried or cremated the body
of any person who has died or been found dead in their area, in any case where
it appears to the authority that no suitable arrangements for the disposal of
the body have been or are being made otherwise than by the authority.
Number of burials carried out 26
Number of such burials referred by The Hackney Group (No. 6)
Hospital Management Committee 6
Total cost of burials £264 17s. Od.
Pull cost reclaimed (from liable relatives, death grants,
deceased persons' estates, and Hospital Management
Committee)19
Part cost recovered (from liable relatives, death grants,
deceased persons' estates, and other sources)6
Pull cost of burial borne by the Borough Council 1
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949
Complaints of infestation received 1,229
Premises found to be infested 1,138
Baits laid (Quantities of materials used)"
Sausage Rusk 908 lbs.
Warfarin 58 lbs.
Drains examined 202
Drains tested 158
Drains found to be defective 98
Business Premises Dwelling Houses Other Premises Totals
Premises infested Rats 55 Rats 516 Rats 1 Rats 572
Mice 103 Mice 461 Mice 2 Mice 566
158 977 3 1, 138
Premises cleared Rats 55 Rats 505 Rats 1 Rats 561
Mice 98 Mice 448 Mice 1 Mice 547
153 953 2 1. 108
No charge was made for the treatment of private dwellings but the sum of
£416 0s. 11d. was recovered from the owners of business premises treated