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Hackney 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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HOUSING ACT, 1957
SECTION 27 (Closing Orders: General Provisions). Proceedings in respect
of the use of a basement in contravention of a Closing Order resulted in both
the owner and the occupier being fined; no costs were awarded.
SECTION 90 (Overcrowding in houses let in lodgings)
Penalty and costs 2
FACTORIES ACT, 1937
The occupier of one factory was prosecuted for failing to provide separate
water closets for male and female employees, the Court imposed a penalty and
ordered the defendant to pay the Council's costs.
CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956
SECTION 1 (Prohibition of dark smoke from chimneys)
Penalty and costs 1
Not served, defendant in prison 1
Withdrawn without costs on completion of works of adaptation 1
SECTION 11 (Power of local authority to make a Smoke Control Order)
Summons withdrawn following the execution of works and the Council
making an Order excluding the furnace concerned from the provisions
of the Snoke Control Order 1
SECTION 12 (Adaptation of fireplaces in private dwellings)
Withdrawn without costs, work completed 5
POOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955
SECTION 2 (GENERAL PROTECTION FOR PURCHASERS OF FOOD AND DRUGS)
(CONTRAVENTIONS)
Penalty and costs 5
SECTION 16 (REGISTRATION OF FOOD PREMISES)
Penalty and costs 1
FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS, 1955
Penalty and costs 1
Penalty imposed - no costs awarded 5
FOOD HYGIENE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 1960
Penalty and costs 2