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Hackney 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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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, 795 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 50
Number of such burials referred by the Hackney Group (No. 6)
Hospital Management Committee 14
Total cost of burials £507 15s.0d
Pull cost reclaimed (from liable relatives death grants,
deceased persons' estates and Hospital Management Committee) 41
Part cost recovered (from liable relatives, death grants,
deceased persons' estates and other sources) 3
Pull cost of burial borne by the Borough Council 6
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT 1949
Complaints of infestation received 1,347
Premises found to be infested 1,337
Baits laid (Quantities of materials used):
Sausage Rusk 1,311 lbs.
Warfarin 67 lbs.
Drains examined 59
Drains smoke tested 23
Drains found to be defective 17
A meeting of the London Workable Area Committee held at Tolworth was attended by the Senior District Public Health inspector and the Rodent Officer.
| Business Premises | Dwelling Houses | Other Premises | Totals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premises infested by | Rats | 90 | 507 | 20 | 617 |
| Mice | 101 | 616 | 3 | 720 | |
| 191 | 1 123 | 23 | 1,337 | ||
| Premises cleared | Rats | 63 | 256 | 18 | 337 |
| Mice | 99 | 360 | 3 | 462 | |
| 162 | 616 | 21 | 799 | ||
No charge was made for the treatment of private dwellings but the sum
of £382 4s. 5d. was received from the owners of business premises treated
The Borough Engineer and Surveyor's Department undertakes the treatment
of sewers and one such treatment using sodium fluoracetate was carried out
during the year
PET ANIMALS ACT 1951
There are eleven licensed pet shops, including stalls in open markets in
the Borough to which fourteen visits were made; no infringement of the
conditions in the annual licences granted by the Council was discovered.