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Premises registered for the use of filling materials 43
Premises licensed for storage of rag flock l
Samples of filling materials taken for analysis 20
Samples failing to satisfy the prescribed tests 1
Licensed Premises. In connection with applications for the transfer of
licences, reports on the general sanitary conditions of 26 premises were sent
to the Licensing Justices. As a result of the inspections made of these
premises, eight were found to need attention, and six notices under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936 and five notices under the Pood and Drugs Act, 1955
were served.
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 3,465
House to House 66
Infectious Disease 121
Verminous conditions 22
Inspect ions under the Housing Acts:
Advances for House Purchase220
Demolition Orders 3
Closing Orders 198
Clearance Areas 65
Houses in Multiple Occupation 1,045
Standard Grants 55
Inspections under the Rent Act, 1957:
Certificates of Disrepair 5
Cancellation Certificates 5
OTHER VISITS:
Aged and infirm persons 88
Common Lodging houses 1
Drainage (General) 1,672
Drainage (Rat infestations) 132
Factories 374
Hairdressers5 and Barbers' premises 77
Heating appliances 24
Noise investigations 286
Offensive trades 5
Outworkers' premises 10
Pet Shops 11
Premises discharging trade effluents n
Premises registered or licensed under the Rag Flock and other
Filling Materials Act, 1951 14
Shops Act,, 1950 - Section 38 66
Smoke Observations by District Public Health Inspectors 121
Vacant Sites and E,W.S. tanks 143
Water supplies (new buildings) 135
MISCELLANEOUS VISITS:
Appointments and Interviews 2,200
Attendances at Court 209
Builders Notices (supervision of work) 583
Housing Applications 44
Other visits 385
RE-INSPECTIONS (ALL FORMS) 14,121