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Hackney 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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34
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
Action under the various public health enactments was taken during the
year as follows:-
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936
SECTION 34 (Drainage Bylaws). The Public Health Committee approved a total
of sixty-three plans of proposed drainage works Informal notices were served
in respect of contraventions of the bylaws at fifty premises and a total of
forty formal notices were served. Legal proceedings were instituted in
sixteen instances.
SECTION 40 (Inspection of Drains). Under sub-sections 1 and 2 notice of
intention to examine drains was served in respect of 186 premises, and under
sub-section 4 seventy-seven notices requiring the repair of defective drains
were served.

Table: Following the service of notices and in exercise of their default powers the Council carried out drainage work at the following twenty-nine houses at a total cost of £4,372 13s. 7d.

Following the service of notices and in exercise of their default powers the Council carried out drainage work at the following twenty-nine houses at a total cost of £4,372 13s. 7d.

£sd
60 Brooke Road189131
69 Chatsworth Road9703
71 Digby Road1336
1 Durlston Road66130
3 Durlston Road66130
32 Foulden Road45127
33 Glenarm Road171610
169 Graham Road161011
51 Groombridge Road6136
25 Marsh Hill31610
44 Montague Road67784
87 Northwold Road57182
85 Northwold Road1776
89 Northwold Road40108
89 Northwold Road14163
115 Osbaldeston Road166194
8a Powell Road811
79 Shacklewell Lane255168
77 Shacklewell Lane1091210
4 Sigdon Road57174
6 Sigdon Road5956
8 Sigdon Road12960
10 Sigdon Road54127
14-40 Spurstowe Terrace2,000158
65 Sydner Road39145
67 Sydner Road39145
69 Sydner Road39145
71 Sydner Road ,39145
73 Sydner Road39146

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SECTION 44 (Power of Borough Council to construct or alter drains by
agreement). Under the provisions of this section, as amended by Section 30
of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1958, the drainage staff
of the Department, at the request of and expense of the owners concerned,
carried out works of repair to drains at 249 premises; details of these works
are set out on pages 4, 5 and 6 of the Appendix.