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THE MOTOR CYCLES (PROTECTIVE HELMETS) REGULATIONS, 1957
Visits paid to the various premises in the Borough showed that all
protective helmets offered for sale bore the stamp of the British Standards
Institution.
Dangerous Structures (London Building Acts (Amendment) Act, 1939) The
advice of the District Surveyor of the London County Council was sought in
respect of 130 structures, or parts of structures.
Licensed Premises In connection with applications for the transfer of
licences reports on the general sanitary conditions of thirty-six premises were
sent to the Licensing Justices As a result of the inspections made of these
premises four were found to need attention, and four notices under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936 were served
Static Water Tanks Only two war-time static water tanks remain both
were found to contain putrescible matter which was removed and followed by
spraying of the tanks with a mixture of vermicine carbolic fluid and motor
engine oil
Vacant Sites In my last annual report on vacant sites there were 124 such
sites in existence. During the past year six sites and parts of three sites
have been built on one additional site has been created by demolition
Of the existing 119 sites nine are under the control of the Council and
used as allotments and four are utilised for the parking or storage of cars
Regular inspections of sites have been carried out by Public Health Inspectors
and 83 were found to be in satisfactory condition. Complaints during the year
totalled fourteen and in two instances it was necessary to write to owners
As in previous years, the majority of complaints arose from the dumping of
refuse, mattresses and all kinds of unwanted household debris. Clearances
were effected in sixty nine instances in respect of thirty four sites either
by removal or by burning or burial on the sites
The work carried out by the Public Health Inspectors, other than in
relation to food premises, is summarised as follows:-
DWELLING HOUSES
Inspections under the Public Health (London) Act 1936:
Complaints 4 168
House to House 466
Infectious Disease 119
Verminous conditions 286
Inspections under the Housing Acts:
Advances for House Purchase 200
Demolition Orders 11
Closing Orders 291
Clearance Areas 18
Houses Let in Lodgings 108
Standard Grants 115
Inspections under the Rent Act, 1957:
Certificates of Disrepair 34
Revocation Certificates 41