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Hackney 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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OTHER VISITS:
Aged and infirm persons 1,095
Common lodging houses 6
Drainage (General) 2,235
Drainage (Rat infestations) 495
Factories 1,026
Hairdressers' and Barbers' premises 66
Heating appliances 75
Noise investigations 183
Offensive trades 24
Outworkers' premises 308
Pet Shops 82
Premises discharging trade effluents 33
Premises registered or licensed under the Rag Flock and
other Pilling Materials Act, 1951 43
Shops Act, 1950 - Section 38 545
Smoke observations by district Public Health Inspectors 25
Vacant Sites and E. W. S. tanks 184
Water supplies (new buildings) 385
MISCELLANEOUS VISITS:
Appointments and Interviews 1,366
Attendances at Court 126
Builders' Notices (supervision of work) 351
Housing Applications 84
Other visits 567
RE-INSPECTIONS (ALL FORMS) 21,574
NOTICES SERVED NOTICES COMPLIED WITH
Informal Formal Informal Formal
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936:
Section 34 (Drainage Bylaws) 82 65 5 66
Section 40 (Repair of defective drains) - 64 - 62
Section 82 (Nuisances) 1,775 1,565 91 1,716
Section 107: Water Closet Bylaws 7 7 1 11
Dustbin Bylaws 154 150 7 138
Section 109 (Defective sanitary fittings
and water supply) - 22 - 14
FACTORIES ACT, 1937 - 16 - 25
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL
POWERS) ACT, 1954:
Section 12 (Dustbins) - 27 - 30
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL
POWERS) ACT, 1955:
Section 25 (Stopped up drains) - 6 5
Section 26 (Water supply cut off) - 1 1
Section 27 (Defective premises) - 1 1
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL
POWERS) ACT, 1956
(Lighting of Common Staircases) 1 11 1
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL
POWERS) ACT, 19 37 and NOISE
ABATEMENT ACT, 1960 3 - 3