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9f2129c7-ad07-4127-9644-6162cbd296df | — (4) Other 21 (19) Puerperal Pyrexia 72 (74) Ophthalmia Neonatorum — (2) Anthrax — (-) Cholera — (-) Plague — (-) Relapsing Fever - (-) Malaria — (-) Membranous Croup — (-) 745 (3228) Figures in parenthesis represent notifications for 1967. 29 The notification of infectious diseases fell in 1968 due to a sharp diminution in the cases of measles, which amounted to 334 as against 2694 in the previous year. It is pleasing to see that no cases of either diphtheria or poliomyelitis occurred in the Borough. Dysentery In January there was an outbreak of sonne dysentery at a children's residential home when 11 cases occurred. |
05c2143a-aeb6-41c7-8d99-d22f249bd2e9 | The home was inspected, advice given on hygienic measures to prevent the spread of infection, and investigations made in an effort to determine the source of infection. A further outbreak occurred in April when 35 cases occurred in a hostel for homeless families. This was contained, but involved a considerable amount of work and was not finally resolved until June. In both outbreaks all the cases made a satisfactory recovery. Typhoid Fever One sporadic case occurred in a 30 year old Italian woman on returning from a holiday in Italy. She became ill and was admitted to Coppetts Wood Hospital on 20th September, 1968 where salmonella typhi was isolated on blood culture. Her three children who had accompanied her on holiday were tested for this 'organism but were found to be negative in this respect. It is however of interest to record that all three were found to be symptomless carriers of shigella sonnei. |
0bb027fe-e6c8-48fb-98cd-112f872ba6c6 | All known contacts were traced and the Medical Officers of Health for the areas in which they lived were notified. No related cases were found. Public Health Act, 1936, Sections 169 and 170 — Removal and Detention in Hospital of Persons Suffering from a Notifiable Disease Under this Act it became necessary to remove and detain in hospital a man suffering from open tuberculosis. The patient in question was in urgent need of treatment which he persistently refused. This man's circumstances were such that proper precautions to prevent the spread of infection were not being taken and I felt that serious risk of infection was thereby caused to other persons in the Borough; regrettably, therefore, a Magistrate's Order was obtained to compel him to submit himself for hospital treatment, but fortunately once in hospital he readily settled down. I am pleased to say that the patient responded to treatment. |
e028d827-f015-4154-abf8-6700e9828b6c | 30 INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION Three forms of International Certificates of Vaccination, namely:— smallpox, cholera and yellow fever require authentication of the signature of the doctor providing the vaccination or inoculation of persons proceeding abroad. During the year 5,742 certificates were authenticated by the Department. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 33 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES An Environment which is uninfluenced by conditions inimical to health is very much taken for granted. It is therefore right to take note of the work of the Division undertaken to maintain healthy conditions in which people live, work and play. Of the basic public health services the provision of water supply, the means of sewerage and the collection and disposal of refuse are satisfactory. The inspection of premises in which food is manufactured, stored and sold or prepared for meals, coupled with an effective sampling programme does much to ensure that food is clean, unadulterated and wholesome. |
55d30ec0-cfcb-426f-ba33-cd53fb349dad | The extension of smoke control areas within the Borough is gradually eliminating coal smoke from the atmosphere and this is beneficial to the whole community. In 1966 the Council set 1976 as the date by which the Borough should be a complete smoke control area. In my opinion it would be a good investment in terms of good health and amenity if this date can be brought forward. Work in connection with houses is directed towards ensuring that homes are, adequate and so equipped as to be not only sound structurally but acceptable by today's amenity standards. The approach to this objective is by three avenues, namely the repair and rehabilitation of defective premises, the improvement of old but sound houses by the provision where required of a fixed bath or shower in a bathroom, a wash hand basin and hot and cold water supply, an inside W.C., a satisfactory food store, and thirdly the closure or demolition of houses which are totally unfit. |
3dcaa75c-1909-417c-b041-51281642af8a | The above-mentioned topics and details of other activities of the Public Health Inspectors and their supporting staff of Technical Assistants deserve further comment, and as required by the Public Health Officers' Regulations 1969 and to meet the requests of Government Departments, the following account is set down:— WATER SUPPLY The supply of water to the Borough is distributed by three companies, namely the Colne Valley Water Company, the Lee Valley Water Company, and the Metropolitan Water Board. It is satisfactory in quantity and quality. Raw water and water going into supply are regularly sampled by the companies for bacteriological and chemical examination, and the results were reported to conform to satisfactory standards of purity. The waters are not liable to plumbo solvent action. |
95e31f44-f67f-41e1-838c-cf7bc43f00bd | The amount of naturally occuring fluoride varies; that supplied by the Colne Valley Water Company has a content of less than 0.1 p.p.m., that supplied by the Metropolitan 34 Water Board has a content of 0.3 p.p.m., and in the case of the Lee Valley Water Company in general the content is less than 0.2 p.p.m., but there is a small source in New Barnet which has a natural fluoride content of 1.05 p.p.m., but this is rapidly diluted with water from another source having a content of less than 0.2 p.p.m. The whole district receives mains water direct and none is supplied by a permanent standpipe. FOOD Five hundred and thirty-four samples of food were submitted for analysis during the year. A table identifying the commodities and showing results is set out below. The number of samples reported as unsatisfactory was 7.7 per cent of the total submitted. |
c91dbb0c-6eef-4f33-a34d-0e7a8613e807 | Formal and Informal Samples SAMPLE FORMAL INFORMAL Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Almonds, Ground 3 Angelica 3 Apple Juice 1 Artificial Sweeteners 3 Baby Foods (Canned) 9 Baby Powder 1 Baked Beans 7 Blackcurrant Health Drink 7 1 Bread 2 Bread, Milk 1 Butter 6 Butter, Ghee 1 Cake Decoration (Edible) 1 Cheese 3 4 Cheese, |
72fc7581-905b-40ee-a726-06fb4b50d6a0 | Cream 6 3 Cheese Preparations 1 Cheese Spreads 14 2 Chewing Gum 1 Chicken Curry 5 Chili Powder 1 Chocolate Flavoured Drinks 3 Coffee 4 Cooking Fat 1 Cornmea1 1 Cough Candy 1 Cough Mixtures 2 Cream 9 Curry Powder 3 Custard Powder 2 Dental Cream 1 Digestive Pills 1 Dripping 2 35 SAMPLE FORMAL INFORMAL Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Egg Noodles 1 Fish Cakes and Sticks 4 Fish, Canned 3 Fish Paste 6 Flour 7 Fruit, Canned 26 1 Fruit, Dried 6 Fruit, |
1af79e68-e722-47f7-9624-7abe74640958 | Syrup 3 Gelatine 1 Gravy Mix and Powder 2 Ground Nut Oil 1 Hazel Nut Spread 1 Honey 1 Ice Cream Powder 2 Ice Pops 1 Jams and Marmalades 17 1 Jellies 20 1 Lard 5 Lemon Curd 4 1 Lemon Juice 1 Low Fat Spread 1 Margarine 8 Marzipan 4 Meat, Canned 12 Meat Paste 5 Meat Pies and Puddings 23 3 Meat Preparations 22 6 Milk, Channel Island 1 Milk, Evaporated 7 Milk, Dried 1 9 Milk Puddings (Canned) 1 Mince 3 6 1 Mincemeat 5 Mint Sauce 1 Mixed Peel 2 Mustard Oil 1 Olive Oil 1 Pepper 1 Pickles 1 Pie Fillings 2 Poultry, |
d441d363-4137-48c7-ae74-edba120b5efc | Canned 2 Puddings and Pudding Mixes 2 Rice 5 Rice, Ground 4 Salad Cream and Mayonnaise 5 Sauces 6 Sausages and Sausage Meat 38 2 Sausage Rolls 6 36 SAMPLE FORMAL INFORMAL Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Semolina 2 Shandy 3 1 Soft Drinks 9 Soups, Canned 9 1 Soya Flour 1 Spaghetti 1 Spices 4 Spirits 3 1 Stuffings 2 Suet 3 Sugar Confectionery 16 Tea 4 Tomatoes, Canned 12 Tomato Juice 2 Tomato Ketchup S Vanilla Essence 1 Vegetables, Canned 10 2 Vegetables, Dried 3 Vinegar 2 Y oghourt 6 2 7 8 486 33 In addition to the above samples, |
e09bc1f3-0521-40ed-b39f-ec193220fa79 | the following were examined in the office:— ARTICLE NUMBER OF SAMPLES Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Total Cereal 1 1 2 Confectionery 1 — 1 Cream 2 — 2 Fruit 5 1 6 Fruit, Canned 3 1 4 Ginger Beer Shandy 1 — 1 Honey — 1 1 Milk 42 — 42 Mince 36 10 46 91 14 105 37 The following comment is made regarding some of the unsatisfactory samples. Cream Cheese It is unsatisfactory to note that Full Fat Soft Cheese is still being sold by some shopkeepers as Cream Cheese in spite of the fact that the Cheese Regulations 1965 laid down specific standards of fat for all soft cheeses. Efforts are made by the staff to explain the various designations where mislabelling has been noted and shopkeepers must realise that persistent disregard of these Regulations can only lead to legal proceedings being taken against them. |
291f90bd-9204-4c0c-b40e-c1fd84febc71 | Beef and Hamburgers In view of the impending legislation regarding meat products, a number of informal samples of beef and hamburgers were obtained and in four cases the attention of the manufacturers was drawn to the low meat content. Steak and Kidney Pies In two instances no appreciable amount of kidney was present in the pies. The recipes used in each instance appeared satisfactory and it was concluded that inefficient mixing of the ingredients was the reason. Subsequent samples of each brand of pie were satisfactory. Table Jelly One greengage flavoured table jelly was found to contain a prohibited colouring matter. Enquiries showed that the jelly with others which were on sale in the branch of a large multiple store had some time previously been withdrawn from sale and returned to the company's central store, but in error had subsequently been reissued for sale instead of having been destroyed. |
1112723b-5cd5-4051-a998-9caf9ec2e130 | Low fat yoghourt During recent years yoghourt has gained considerable popularity as an item in the daily diet of many families and that type bearing the label "low fat" has at the present time a considerable sale. Whilst there is at the present time no recognised standard for the fat content of a yoghourt so named, most authorities consider 1.5 per cent of fat to be a reasonable maximum; many low-fat yoghourts have considerably less than this. In two instances it was necessary to draw the attention of manufacturers to the descriptions used following the examination of their products. Mince Six samples of mince were found to contain sulphur dioxide preservative 38 contrary to the Preservatives in Food Regulations 1962, and legal proceedings were instituted against the butchers concerned. In five instances the shopkeeper concerned had been previously prosecuted by this Authority for a similar offence. |
f45a5f9a-0313-49f2-a38c-ecdf40153b00 | Ice Cream The following table shows the number of samples submitted for bacteriological examination and the results:— TYPE GRADING TOTALS 1 2 3 4 Hard ice cream Premises Prepacked 12 2 — — 14 Loose 144 51 44 20 259 Vans Loose — 3 — 2 5 Soft ice cream Premises 24 10 10 19 63 Vans 1 1 — — 2 Lollies Premises All satisfactory 4 Pre-packed ice cream is of good quality and bacteriological cleanliness. Continuous attention is necessary to ensure that ice cream dispensed from cans or from extrusion units is not exposed to risk of contamination. Liquid Egg This is an important product in the baking and confectionery industry, and since the introduction of Regulations in 1964 requiring it to be Pasteurised is uniformally of good quality. Twenty-nine samples were examined and found to be satisfactory. |
b8e36615-f54f-45f5-96b0-625ace646dd9 | Milk Registration, Licensing and Sampling One hundred and sixty-nine premises are registered for the sale of milk and the following licences for the sale of graded milks were.issued:— Untreated milk 53 Pasteurised milk 150 Sterilised milk 121 Ultra-Heat Treated milk 56 39 The following samples of milk were submitted for bacteriological examination:— Untreated Pasteurised Sterilised Ultra-Heat Treated No. of samples taken 49 52 4 1 Satisfactory 36 52 4 1 Failed 9 — — — Test Void 4 In addition 80 samples of raw milk were examined for the presence of brucella abortus. A further 16 samples were submitted for biological examination for the presence of tubercle bacillis. All the samples were free of such organisms. There are 10 producers of milk in the Borough. Two are in closed communities which use the milk untreated. |
3e1cee3c-5ad9-42df-a226-0f9d269f7b7b | Food Complaints One hundred and eighty-one complaints were received as to quality or soundness or the presence of foreign bodies in food of which 23 were referred to the Public Analyst for examination. In 41 cases the offence justified proceedings. In a further 12 cases the Council authorised the sending of a "warning letter". The remaining cases were dealt with by advice from the Department to the retailers or manufacturers concerned. The table below classifies the nature of the complaints. 1. Foreign bodies (a) Insects 26 (b) Metal objects 16 (c) Mercury 1 (d) Glass, stones, etc. 10 (e) Paper, wood, string, etc. 6 (f) Oil or grease 10 (g) Fabric, plastic, rubber, etc. 5 (h) Cigarette ends 2 (i) Harmless matter, e.g. burnt dough in bread 10 93 2. |
22bdc0d5-46f2-4e34-be46-fb6006440715 | Quality (a) Unsoundness 6 (b) Mould growth 23 40 (c) Contamination with an outside agent 1 (d) Contents 1 (e) Rancidity 1 32 3. Damaged or Dirty containers (a) Damaged containers 3 (b) Dirty containers, e.g. milk bottles 19 22 4. Label ling or Misdescription 5 5 5. Complaints Unfounded 29 29 181 Comments on some of these complaints are given below. A couple having purchased a bag of boiled sweets on entering a cinema on a Saturday evening subsequently found that the orange flavoured sweets had a silvery coating. The factory in the North of England was traced and the discovery made that a faulty recording thermometer had permitted mercury vapour to escape and contaminate the sweets. |
b28334c7-2edc-46ee-ba80-4cd80ba1cf07 | Whilst it was reasonably certain that only one batch of orange flavoured sweets hard been affected, the supplies of these sweets of all flavours were immediately withdrawn from retailers all over the country. A rolled, but used, bandage was found in a wrapped and sliced loaf. The bandage, which was embedded in the bottom crust of the loaf, was of a different type to that used by the medical department of the manufacturing bakery concerned and its manner and point of entry to the loaf was never discovered. Lead shot in some corned beef was probably the result of the animal having been shot with a shot gun before slaughter. A complaint concerning the quality of a Welsh Rarebit raised an interesting problem. The dish had been prepared at about 2.30 p.m. on the day on which the complaint was made at the local branch of a well-known restaurant by a kitchen hand in the absence of the manageress who was having her lunch. |
28fbaac5-2d46-4dfe-97e9-2ebb9bf2f7f2 | In the absence of sufficient cheese, but not wishing to disappoint a customer, the kitchen hand substituted some mashed potato, and whilst the appearance of the finished dish was not unusual its flavour was. In the absence of any standard for such a dish and the varying recipes found in various cookery books, the staff of the restaurant was advised against any future culinary experiments. Hairclips were discovered in both milk and mineral water bottles. If such clips 41 are opened and forced into a bottle they will not fall out when the bottle is inverted during the normal washing process. Burnt dough in bread and cakes is frequently mistaken for rodent dropping, and all the complaints received alleging such contamination were found to be unfounded. It is important that shopkeepers organise a coding system for perishable foodstuffs, and ensure stock rotation in proper sequence. It is the failure to do this which is responsible for the majority of complaints about stale or mouldy goods. |
b615ffbe-4220-48d4-bc32-ffcbb376edde | Food unfit for human consumption The following list sets out the foodstuffs condemned during the year:— Fresh Food Meat 2188 lbs Offal 51 lbs Fish 101 lbs Poultry 89 lbs Tinned Fruit/fruit juices 4289 Meat 393 Vegetables 3139 Fish 370 Soups 195 Milk 129 Milk puddings 489 Coffee 40 Meat puddings/pies 426 Cream 121 Unidentified 1163 Frozen Foods (in packets or cartons) Fish/fish cakes 4526 Meat 2114 Puddings/pies 552 Vegetables 3920 Fruit 617 Confectionery 3315 Poultry 712 Cheeseburgers 21 Whole dinners 17 42 Miscellaneous Preserves 25 lbs Cheese 343 packets Sauces/pickles 89 bottles Sugar 148 packets Cereals 400 packets Most was voluntarily surrendered by retailers anxious to maintain a good record for fresh produce of good marketable quality. |
3863128f-1492-41e0-bac0-e87ed03f2825 | This is one area of his work in which the Public Health Inspector has for many years been accepted as an advisor rather than as an enforcement officer. Food Hygiene The Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960/6 2 contain provisions as to the cleanliness of food premises and the hygienic handling of food; the construction of food premises, their repair and maintenance and the facilities to be provided. Here again, compliance with good standards is best achieved by regular visits by the Public Health Inspector in which food handlers can be advised and encouraged in good housekeeping methods. A list of food premises grouped in categories of trade is set down below containing particulars of the premises provided with wash hand basins and an adequate supply of hot and cold water, soap and towels (Regulation 16) and those provided with sinks, hot and cold water, soap, clean cloths or other cleaning and drying facilities (Regulation 19) as required by the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960. |
55840afd-2c43-44a2-a91e-5da9fdd923af | Class of Business Number at end of 1968 Number Complying with Reg. 16 Number to which Reg.19 applies Number Complying with Reg. 19[ Bakehouses and Bakers Shops 116 116 116 116 Butchers 170 170 170 170 Canteens 147 147 147 147 Confectioners 284 280 139 137 Dairies 10 10 10 10 Fishshops 74 74 73 73 Greengrocers 173 173 122 122 Grocers 333 333 331 329 Licensed Premises 175 175 165 165 Restaurants/Cafes 249 249 249 249 43 Markets There are two markets in the Borough; one owned by the Council at Burnt Oak and known as the Watling Market; operates on one day a week only. The other, privately owned, is at Barnet, and opens two days a week. |
21af14be-2860-496f-8bda-3a3960acdad7 | Hawkers Hawkers of food and their storage premises in those areas covered by the former Middlesex County Council are required to be registered under Section 11 of the Middlesex County Council Act 1950; at the close of the year there were 73 such hawkers on the register. Poultry Inspection (1) Number of poultry processing premises within the district 1 (2) number of visits to these premises 7 (3) total number of birds processed during the year 1968 10,759 (4) types of birds processed Hens (5) percentage of birds rejected as unfit for human consumption None (6) weight of poultry condemned as unfit for human consumption None (7) The live birds are bought by individual selection from farms in Hertfordshire. Any birds which do not show a healthy live appearance are isolated, killed and, if diseased, disposed of at the farms. The processing premises consist of a building divided into two sections — for killing and for dressing. |
a18bda3c-2aab-4c9a-9936-83da290c8d74 | The staff engaged in the business are the proprietor, one male employee, and one female employed part-time. The birds are killed by dislocation of the neck and are not eviscerated. The carcases are immersed in a thermostatically controlled scalding tank and plucked in an electric defeatherer. They are delivered the same or the following day after slaughter to butchers in the Golders Green, Finchley, Harrow, Tottenham, Watford, Elstree and Cockfosters areas for sale in the fresh trade. As the birds are uneviscerated, inspection at the place of slaughter is limited but doubtful carcases are retained and inspected in accordance with the procedures recommended in Circular 22/61,of the Ministry of Health. Labelling of Food The Labelling of Food Order 1953 requires that foodstuffs should have informative labelling which does not mislead the purchaser. |
31fb332f-68eb-4982-af55-e2744996a6a6 | Generally all prepacked foods should 44 have on the label or wrapper the name and address of the packer or labeller or alternatively a trade mark with the words "Registered Trade Mark". There should also be a list of ingredients. A total of 654 visits were made to premises concerning the Order and 2209 labels were examined to verify the correctness of their claims. The Merchandise Marks Acts, which were repealed by the Trade Description Act 1968 on the 30th November 1968, prohibited false or misleading written trade descriptions. Four hundred and twenty-four premises were visited and the following articles of food examined for possible offences under the Acts:— Apples 395 Bacon 194 Butter 280 Currants etc 102 Honey 25 Malt products 12 Margarine 298 Meat 318 Poultry 150 Raw Cucumbers 240 Salmon and trout 18 Tomatoes 420 Legal Proceedings DATE OFFENCE FINE 8. |
a91eb8f4-6e8d-40f1-8c9d-b0f27ca67bbd | 1.68 Sale of loaf containing nail £15 £10.10s.0d. costs 15. 1.68 Sale of mouldy loaf £10 £ 5. 0s.0d. costs 15. 1.68 Sale of loaf containing rodent dropping £10 £10.10s.0d. costs 15. 1.68 Sale of pasty containing wasp £10 £10.10s.0d. costs 14. 2.68 Sale of loaf containing pieces of glass £10 £ 7. 7s.0d. costs 8. 2.68 Sale of milk in dirty bottle £5 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs 8. 2.68 Sale of milk in dirty bottle £5 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs 22. |
457f8a46-9cf0-4aad-a899-49b098f4ab7c | 4.68 Sale of mouldy cake £10 £10.10s.0d. costs 6. 5.68 Sale of loaf containing flour beetles £50 £10.10s.0d. costs 24. 5.68 Sale of mince containing preservative £10 £ 8.18s.0d. costs 24. 5.68 Sale of mince containing preservative £20 £ 8.18s.0d. costs 24. 5.68 Sale of mince containing preservative £20 £ 8.18s.0d. costs 1. 7.68 Sale of mince containing preservative £30 £15.15s.0d. costs Legal Proceedings (continued) 1. 7.68 Sale of loaf containing piece of cloth £40 £15.15s.0d. costs 10. 7.68 15. |
12eefc48-3178-4006-a6f9-c57d909159ac | 7.68 Sale of mouldy rolls Sale of sausage roll containing pin £10 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs £25 £ 5. 0s.0d. costs 21. 8.68 Sale of cake containing metal staple £10 £10.10s.0d. costs 23. 8.68 Sale of milk in dirty milk bottle £20 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs 18. 9.68 Sale of meringues containing beetle £10 £10.10s.0d. costs 23.10.68 Sale of milk in bottle containing hairclip £10 £10.10s.0d. costs 28.10.68 Sale of milk in dirty bottle £10 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs 28.10.68 Sale of meringue containing piece of glass £30 £ 5. |
1ac8bec5-44d4-41c0-9d14-b5520b046c59 | 5s.0d. costs 28.10.68 Sale of loaf containing piece of metal foil £30 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs 4.11.68 Sale of mouldy apple slice £10 £ 7. 7s.0d. costs 11.11.68 Channel Islands milk deficient in fat Conditional discharge £10.1 Os.Od. costs 20.11.68 Sale of mouldy beef steak and kidney pie £20 £ 5. 5s.0d. costs 25.11.68 Sale of rye loaf containing a rivet £5 £ 2. Os.Od. costs 25.11.68 Sale of loaf in mouldy condition £2 £ 2. Os.Od. costs 9.12.68 Sale of mince containing preservative £35 £14.14s.0d. |
a79c7fd9-6c73-4cc5-adfb-037004437c0c | costs 9.12.68 Sale of mince containing preservative £20 £14.14s.0d. costs National Pesticide Survey During the year an interim report was issued on the operation of the National Scheme to determine the extent of pesticide residues in foodstuffs sold in England and Wales. The period covered by the report was 1st August 1966 — 31st July 1967. In the first year the sampling work involved was shared by 233 authorities and the scheme was so designed that the results would be capable of statistical examination. It was pointed out in the report that it was important to realise that it was only an interim one covering only the results obtained in the first year and before it had been possible to make any statistical examination. Attention was also drawn to the fact that there is always the possibility that the pattern of results may change materially from one year to the next and that there can thus be no finality in this kind of investigation. |
fe9a4469-c3a7-4b1c-ad14-54881269c205 | The report said that "the results for the first year indicate that there is no evidence of contamination sufficiently serious to be of significance to public health in the short term. None of the samples revealed gross contamination. In setting up the scheme the Association of Public Analysts had in mind the possibility of samples being contaminated sufficiently to justify follow-up enquiries regarding specific batches or sources of food. In fact, only one or two of the samples analysed have been found to indicate the need for 45 special action of this kind. On the other hand, a large proportion of the samples examinee contained traces of pesticides, and in such samples the amounts, though too small to attract any doubt as to the fitness of the food for human consumption, were sometimes larger than had been expected for that particular pesticide or for that particular kind of food. The results of surveys in subsequent years will be of great interest and should do much to reveal any definite trend." |
42d3dff3-de2a-4266-859e-9505e5c59d8d | CLEAN AIR Smoke Control Areas Impetus has been maintained in the smoke control programme and the table on page 4' shows the position at the 31st December 1968. It will be seen that 55,104 dwellings are covered by Orders in operation, but the benefits of clean air affect a much wider sector of the community and this can be gauged from the map on page 48. Because national electricity generating capabilities had improved the Minister of Housing and Local Government decided during the year to allow once again grant for for the supply and fitting of direct heating electric fires in Smoke Control Areas. Since December 1964 only electric storage heaters had qualified for grant. Atmospheric Pollution Information about smoke and sulphur in the atmosphere is obtained from apparatus at the Town Hall, East Barnet, Branch Library, Edgware, offices at 308 Regents Park Road, N.3., the Town Hall, Friern Barnet, and Branch Library in Golders Green. |
2feb5d65-72b6-4b45-bb65-fa0463312777 | The particulars are sent to the Warren Spring Laboratory of the Ministry of Technology for assessment, and the results are included in the national survey of air pollution which the Ministry is conducting. The Clean Air Act 1968, which will become operative by Orders establishing "appointed days" in respect of various provisions, contains a section enabling the Local Authority to determine the height of chimneys of all classes of buildings, thus rectifying an omission from the Clean Air Act 1956 which excluded blocks of flats, offices and schools from control as to chimney heights. I have written before on the advantages of district heating schemes using one specially designed chimney discharging fumes at high level instead of a large number of low independent chimneys serving individual properties. It was gratifying to note that the Council have decided to have a considerable part of the Grahame Park development heated by such a scheme and have approved a boiler installation using light fuel oil with an output of 72 million B.Th.U's and a chimney height of 120 ft. |
7570e3da-13d3-4cff-a0fd-b6383d84a1c3 | This height was a finally agreed compromise after much consultation with the Borough Engineer and Surveyor, Borough Architect, Borough Planning Officer and the Greater London Council to satisfy health needs, constructional problems and visual amenity. 46 47 TABLE A SMOKE CONTROL ORDER DATE MADE DATE CONFIRMED DATE IN OPERATION ACREAGE NC. OF DWELLINGS OTHER PREMISES Orders made by London Borough of Barnet and Constituent Authorities As at 31st December 1967 9,432 50,433 3,009 London Borough of Barnet (No. 6) (Mill Hill and Edgware) 18-8-67 8-11-67 1-7-68 282 2,244 87 London Borough of Barnet (No. |
26eb7252-f764-41e5-b2fc-b749769a9889 | 7) (Friern Barnet and Muswell Hill) 18-12-67 29-3-68 1-10-68 377 2,427 121 London Borough of Barnet (No. 8) (Childs Hill and Cricklewood) 30-8-68 5-12-68 1-7-69 164 1,327 131 London Borough of Barnet (No. 9) (North Finchley) 18-10-68 27-2-69 1-9-69 341 3,147 316 London Borough of Barnet (No. |
c4e7375d-3dfe-4739-91f0-6538efdd9df0 | 10) (Colindale and West Hendon) SURVEY IN PROGRESS - (393) - (2,692) - (148) TOTAL 1,164(393) 9,145(2,692 ) 655(148) GRAND TOTAl 10, 596 59,578 3,664 Acreage of Borough 22,124 Approximate number of premises (all types) 115,750 HOUSING Provision of Housing Accommodation During the year the number of purpose-built housing units provided by construction was 274. One unit of housing accommodation only was acquired from a private owner, the Council having discontinued its previous policy in this connection for financial reasons. A total of 434 families had been rehoused by 31st December. By December all the remaining persons in the West Hendon Housing Area, the largest of the redevelopment areas included in the Council's programme, had been allocated tenancies thereby permitting demolition to be completed. |
c2270a2f-6590-4ec4-9399-7b0f7acd7df6 | In all, 101 families were rehoused from Housing Areas during the year. Pressure continued to remain high on the type of accommodation suitable for elderly persons unable to climb stairs and, wherever necessary, the Borough Housing Officer seeks my views on the Medical aspects of such cases. Despite the progress in rehousing, the number of persons applying to the Council for accommodation continued to increase, it being noteworthy that a high proportion of these were young married couples unable to find private accommodation in the Borough within their means. At the end of the year a total of 5581 applications were registered. I am indebted to the Borough Housing Officer for the above information on the progress made by the Council during the year in providing housing. Houses in Multi-occupation The Housing Acts 1961 and 1964 provide power to deal with unsatisfactory living accommodation in houses let in lodgings or occupied by more than one family. |
8cc5584c-1017-4c1d-98dd-411083e8ea81 | In this connection in October 1965 the Council adopted comprehensive standards in respect of facilities and amenities to be applied in such houses. There are many houses in the Borough which are let in lodgings or occupied by varying numbers of families; the former often of the bed-sitting room type which if well maintained help to fulfill a housing need not otherwise satisfied. There are some clearly defined and well established sectors, namely in parts of Cricklewood, Childs Hill and Golders Green, where concentrations of multi-occupied houses are found. There are also many such houses "concealed" throughout the Borough and it is often in these properties that the most adverse conditions exist. 188 houses in multiple occupation were inspected in detail and 90 have been equipped and repaired so as to make them suitable for the number of individuals or families in occupation. In one house in East Finchley which could not physically be 49 provided with adequate facilities an Order was made limiting the occupants to a number appropriate to the services available. |
94d7c6e3-b17f-413a-b9b9-b7e29c594400 | One most important matter namely, the need of means of escape from fire, calls for comment and special emphasis. In the houses inspected there had been an almost total neglect to carry out work to provide means of escape from fire, regardless of the number of persons at risk. The hazard from fire in older type properties occupied by several families is much increased by the multiplicity of means of cooking, space heating, and the sometimes inexpert additions to electrical circuits. Much can be done to limit the spread of fire by making doors and partitions fire resisting and to check the spread of flame and smoke by fire stops and smoke screens. The Code of Practice of the Greater London Fire Brigade for means of escape in the case of fire at houses in multiple occupation is applied, and 55 houses have been modified to such standards. |
2ab3d828-97b1-4dc9-bcb0-71896f3c545c | Leaflets printed both in English and a number of foreign languages are distributed when necessary drawing attention to the added risk of fire when paraffin heaters are used and when supplies of paraffin are stored inside a house. Clearance Areas During the year Orders were confirmed by the Minister of-Housing and Local Government, each without modification, in respect of the three clearance areas which had been represented to the Council under Part III of the Housing Act 1957 during 1967. Rehousing of the tenants was completed in respect of the area at East Finchley (ten houses) and that at Lodge Lane, North Finchley (four houses), but was still outstanding in respect of The Burroughs, Hendon (six houses). Individual Unfit Houses A total of twenty-seven dwellings were reported during the year as being unfit for human habitation and incapable of repair at reasonable cost. |
e680abd7-f12d-4bbf-a5d9-ac4e41b16ec0 | In three cases the making of Demolition Orders was appropriate but in the remaining twenty-four instances it was necessary to make Closing Orders, as the dwellings were not capable of demolition in isolation. In consequence of this action, together with that which had been commenced in previous years, sixteen unfit houses were demolished and forty-three dwellings were made the subject of Closing Orders. Thirty-two families comprising in all a total of sixty-nine persons vacated unfit properties. In three instances the tenants found themselves suitable alternative accommodation; in all other cases rehousing was undertaken by the Council. Five Closing Orders which had been made during previous years were determined. In each case the property could be accepted as having a reasonable future life, the 50 owner agreed to install full standard amenities as part of the rehabilitation scheme, and the five properties were adapted so as to provide ten units of accommodation. |
6027b965-44f9-40a1-8210-bdf216bbc038 | Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Satisfactory progress was maintained in dealing appropriately with the 144 properties which had been included in the Council's Slum Clearance Programme for the five year period 1966 to 1970, and by the end of the year 10 only still remained in respect of which action required to be initiated. Twenty-seven dwellings which were found to be unfit as a result of normal routine inspections were also dealt with. From experience gained since the amalgamation of constituent authorities on 1st April, 1965 some twenty dwellings are revealed as unfit and incapable of repair at reasonable cost during each year. Outside the areas which the Council have already designated under Part V of the Housing Act 1957 for comprehensive redevelopment during the next five years there are no localities of unfit housing. The problem of unfitness remains confined to individual houses or small groups of properties which can be conveniently dealt with by closure, demolition or clearance under Parts II and III of the Housing Act 1957. |
2304448a-e1d7-4bd6-8f38-b5cfc4532bf9 | However, following upon a "locality survey" which had already been completed during 1967 in respect of properties in the immediate vicinity of a group of houses included in the Slum Clearance Programme and others already the subject of Closing Orders, the Council designated a further Part V Housing Area at Cromwell Road, Muswell Hill. The area, which is almost wholly residential in character, was providing accommodation for some 115 families at the time of the original survey. Improvement of Houses The House Purchase and Housing Act 1959 and the Housing Acts 1961 and 1964 place a duty upon the local authority to make grants towards the cost of improving older houses which still have a reasonable life and which presently lack amenities in the form of hot water supply, a fixed bath or shower, wash hand basin, inside water closet, a proper food store. |
36c46224-4c17-44ff-9947-c16fbc641d88 | As a matter of policy, older type houses are inspected and when found to be suitable for improvement information and advice is proffered to owners in the hope that they will undertake improvement with the aid of grants available. In twenty-two cases a favourable response was received and improvement schemes were carried out or put in hand. Compulsory Improvement During 1966 the Council had agreed, as a pilot scheme, to designate Prospect Road, Childs Hill, as an Improvement Area under Part II of the Housing Act 1964. 51 This comprised one complete road of thirty-eight terraced houses, identical in type, and constructed so as to lend themselves readily to improvement to the full standard. Situated immediately adjacent to an area scheduled for redevelopment it was visualised that integration of the two areas would ultimately achieve overall environmental improvement. |
aa93403a-c53c-49b5-a86f-e52592a6b17e | By the end of 1968 all the tenanted houses in the area had been improved to provide full standard amenities, and apart from two houses occupied by old age pensioners the owner-occupied houses had been similarly dealth with or arrangements were in hand for the carrying out of the work. During the year a second Improvement Area comprising 91 tenanted houses at Brent Terrace, Cricklewood, was designated. Originally constructed to provide housing accommodation for railway employees, the properties had passed into private ownership. Agreement was reached with the owners at the outset to proceed with a phased programme of improvement in order to achieve completion of the work within two years; all the houses to be retained for renting. By the end of the year the work was proceeding and a pattern of improvement established. . |
1451ee2e-2735-42cb-8fd3-61e2ec648c7e | Consideration was also given to a third area of 136 houses in Campion, Needham, Johnston and Midland Terraces, Cricklewood, which like Brent Terrace had been a British Rail estate and now acquired by a private property Company. Before designation as an Improvement Area could be made the owners gave an undertaking to the Council to carry out complete modernisation of properties as they became vacant and to improve to the full standard the remaining houses including those where the sitting tenants were desirous of purchasing for owner/occupation. This undertaking was accepted on the understanding that every effort would be made to complete the work in two years, and by the end of the year this was well in hand. Indications are that within the next twelve months the compulsory provisions of the Housing Act 1964 relating to the area improvement will be repealed by new legislation, and it will be necessary to revert to "improvement by persuasion", a policy first suggested by the Minister in 1962. |
1c05707b-58e0-41b8-b566-a42b49ad4ce0 | Whilst it is accepted that certain of the procedures laid down in the present Act are cumbersome and time consuming, it is felt that with an element of dedication on the part of the officers concerned the improvement area provisions in the Housing Act 1964 could have provided a very useful weapon in the war against sub-standard housing conditions in many districts. Section 19 of the Housing Act 1964 enables the tenant of a house which is outside an Improvement Area to make representation to the Council to take action to secure the provision of satisfactory amenities at his house. The initial approach must come from the tenant and it is discouraging to find how little the provision is used. No representations were received during the year. The works necessary in respect of two cases outstanding from the previous year were satis.factorily completed. 52 Overcrowding The following details refer to the known cases of statutory overcrowding dealt with during the year. |
dbdc2bf3-cf54-47f2-9dbb-ecc4888562f0 | (a) Number of dwellings known to be overcrowded at end of year 15 Number of families in occupation 17 Number of persons in occupation 80 (b) Number of new cases reported 14 (c) Number of cases relieved 9 Number of persons concerned 38 The existing standards were first introduced in 1935 when, compared with earlier standards, they were considered to be high. However, after more than thirty years they can no longer be regarded as satisfactory in the light of modern living conditions. When assessing housing needs in respect of applications for housing accommodation, the Council therefore maintains a more realistic approach by awarding "points" on an ascending scale according to the degree of insufficiency of proper bedroom accommodation. During the year the Department was actively concerned with an increasing number of applications for Council housing, in some cases supported by medical certificates, referred by the Housing Department for special consideration on medical grounds, sanitary circumstances, and alleged overcrowding. |
fc983162-90ae-453b-9116-7aad0869ad4b | I wish to record that each application made for Council housing accommodation which was supported by the Department on public health grounds received the fullest consideration by the Borough Housing Officer. Common Lodging Houses There are no common lodging houses in the Borough. Rent Acts The Rent Acts which amongst their many provisions allow the holder of a controlled tenancy to seek an abatement of his rent when his accommodation is not being maintained in a satisfactory state of repair having regard to its age, character and locality, continued to be little used, largely it is felt because to the average tenant the essential procedure is lengthy and involved. The following details indicate the number of applications for Certificates of 53 Disrepair and Revocation received and the action taken during the year. |
3df8f219-89bf-48db-b401-3dc091369e49 | Applications for Certificates of Disrepair (1) Number of applications for certificates 4 (2) Number of decisions not to issue certificates 1 (3) Number of decisions to issue certificates (a) in respect of some but not all defects 2 (b) in respect of all defects 1 (4) Number of undertakings given by landlords under paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 1 (5) Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority under proviso to paragraph 5 of the First Schedule — (6) Number of Certificates issued 2 Applications for Cancellation of Certificates (7) Applications by landlords to Local Authority for cancellation of certificates 1 (8) Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates — (9) Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of tenants' objections — (10) Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 1 Housing Statistics 1. |
8207b68a-39fd-4189-ac31-21bea5d7815a | Inspection of Dwelling Houses (i) (a) Total number of dwellings inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 3147 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 5866 (ii) Number of dwellings found to be unfit for human habitation 31 (iii) Number of dwellings (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably f it for human habitation 1135 54 (iv) Number of dwellings surveyed in existing Housing Areas and designated under Part V of the Housing Act 1957 in connection with the Council's negotiations for acquisition 25 (v) Number of dwellings inspected in connection with proposed Improvement Areas and Improvement Grants Scheme 385 2. Remedy of Defects during the year without service of formal notices: Number of defective dwellings rendered fit in consequence of informal action 335 3. Action under statutory powers during the year (a) Proceedings under Sections 9 and |
623e6d21-0e19-4f71-9e61-0480df78857f | 10 of the Housing Act 1957 (i) Number of dwellings in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs NIL (ii) Number of dwellings which were rendered fit after service of formal notices: (a) By owners NIL (b) By Local Authority in default of owners NIL (b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts: (i) Number of dwellings in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 36 (ii) Number rendered fit (a) By owners 23 (b) By Local Authority in default of owners NIL (c) Proceedings under Sections 16 & 17 of the Housing Act 1957 (i) Number of dwellings in respect of which Demolition Orders were made 1 (ii) Number of dwellings demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders 5 (iii) Number of dwellings in respect of which Closing Orders were made 26 (iv) Number of dwellings closed in pursuance of Closing Orders 23 55 |
a8cee3ed-3c3c-42ff-8782-60160894971f | (v) Number of dwellings in respect of which undertaking accepted under Section 16(4) NIL (vi) Number of dwellings in respect of which Closing Orders were determined under Section 27(2) 10 4. Houses in multiple occupation - Housing Act 1961 (i) Number of properties made suitable for occupation by number of occupants accommodated (Section 15) 90 (ii) Number of properties provided with means of escape from fire (Section 16) 55 5. Compulsory improvement — Housing Act 1964 Number of dwellings in improvement areas improved to the full standard 20 Number of dwellings outside improvement areas improved to the full standard — Section 19 2 CARAVANS Under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, there are three sites licensed in the Borough. |
fa2ead48-4f1a-4cd5-abb5-f8237a1c1ace | One licence is for a single site at Brookhill, Stanmore, and the other two licences are for sites on either side of the Barnet By Pass at Stirling Corner for 137 caravans. Conditions annexed to the licences provide, inter alia, for the provision of water supply, drainage, sanitation and washing facilities and refuse disposal. Periodical inspections are made to check compliance with these conditions. Itinerant caravan dwellers who from time to time halt on verges of the main roads which traverse the Borough present problems, both in respect of unsatisfactory conditions created by their business activities and socially by reason of their totally sub-standard existence. Arising from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Circular No.49/68 on gypsies and other travellers and Part II of the Caravan Sites Act 1968, an investigation into the need and possibility of providing a camp site for gypsies and other travellers is under consideration. |
ca045266-8aeb-49db-9945-44159ec7c84e | 56 INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS Some 5817 complaints and requests for services were investigated and, where possible, defects or unsatisfactory conditions were remedied. The following table shows the nature and number of inspections made to ensure that people live and work in healthy surroundings, and that food is manufactured or prepared under hygienic conditions and sold in premises properly equipped. Housing Public Health and Housing Acts 6,749 Multiple Occupation 1,131 Other housing visits 1,422 9,302 Clean Air Observations 324 Surveys, proposals and claims 5,191 Other clean air visits 8,984 14,499 Food Premises Bakehouses and bakers shops 132 Butchers 305 Dairies and Milkshops 54 Grocers 383 Ice Cream 89 Restaurants, Cafes 384 School Meals Kitchens and Canteens 349 Stalls 132 Unsound Food 180 Other food premises visits 563 2, |
07ba1570-60dc-4a19-90ed-eda016a4a1d3 | 571 Factories Powered/non-powered 787 Sites 18 Outworkers 136 941 Offices, Shops and Railway Premises 2,635 Drainage Drainage and Plumbing Works 1,640 Cesspools 704 2,344 Infectious Diseases 1,752 57 Animals Pet Shops 51 Riding Establishments 12 Boarding Establishments 3 Diseases of Animals Act 130 Others 16 212 Miscellaneous Visits Accommodation roads/Passages 77 Noise nuisance 539 Accumulations of Rubbish 1,255 Hairdressers 20 Caravans 115 Watercourses 349 Not classified 1,295 3,650 37,906 Of the 2007 informal notices served 1255 were complied with and 83 statutory notices were required, and of these 52 had been complied with at the end of the year. |
f6807ec6-9132-4f9c-8906-66df76fccea0 | LOCAL LAND CHARGE ENQUIRIES These referred to enquiries from the Town Clerk concerning outstanding Notices, the progress of Housing Schemes and Smoke Control Areas in relation to all types of property in the Borough, in pursuance of the provisions of the Land Charges Act 1925. The necessary searches were made and information supplied in respect of 8,802 properties. NOISE The Noise Abatement Act 1960 makes noise or vibration which would amount to a nuisance at Common Law a statutory nuisance which can be dealt with according to the procedure in Part 3 of the Public Health Act 1936. The Act does not apply to noise or vibration caused by aircraft or by statutory undertakers in the exercise of their powers. During the year 99 complaints were received; the majority relating to noise from business or industrial activity and the remainder from domestic or social causes. |
dfb68223-b537-43b5-93fa-5714eb5251b2 | There are no specially noisey industrial processes and the most intractable cases arise from business uses or light industrial activity in smaller factories or workshops which are intermingled with or adjoining houses. 58 In the case of legal proceedings in respect of noise or vibration caused in the course of trade or business it is a defence to prove that the best practicable means have been used for preventing and counteracting the effect of noise or vibration and so long as this built-in defence is available an element of annoyance from noise may have to be accepted particularly in areas which are not wholly residential. Complaints are investigated promptly but some require numerous visits at night time as well as during the day and it is sometimes difficult to obtain a solution to or amelioration of noise nuisance without what may seem to a complainant, unreasonable delay. Although it is not always possible to reduce noise to a level which satisfies complainants there is a good degree of co-operation from business firms. |
b2cd0c3d-d749-4d3e-a30b-aaac029fd0ac | SHOPS AND OFFICES The Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 and a number of Regulations made thereunder regulate working conditions in offices and shops. Public Health Inspectors and Shops Inspectors of the Town Clerk's Department, collaborate in these measures to secure the health, safety and welfare of persons employed in such premises. The Town Clerk is responsible for the registration procedure and the publication of an Annual Report to the Minister of Labour. The following is an extract from the Report, setting out the number of premises registered, an analysis of persons employed and the number of general inspections made:— Table A — Registrations and General Inspections Class of premises No. |
d3c7c2e2-6540-44cb-8f79-10c0c4173911 | of premises Total registered premises at end of year Registered premises receiving a general inspection Offices 53 760 159 Retail shops 154 2167 896 Wholesale shops, warehouses 3 59 7 Catering establishments open to the public, canteens 37 239 26 Fuel storage depots — 4 - TOTALS 247 3229 1088 Table B — Number of Visits of all kinds by Inspectors to Registered Premises 4223 59 Table C — Analysis of Persons Employed in Registered Premises by Workplace Class of workplace No. |
e18eb29d-c2fd-4045-83ac-5581ee0567e5 | of persons employed Offices 12243 Retail shops 8803 Wholesale departments, warehouses 1448 Catering establishments open to the public 1550 Canteens 193 Fuel Storage depots 22 TOTAL 24259 Total Males 11527 Total Females 12732 FACTORIES AND WORKPLACES The Local Authority is responsible for enforcing the provisions of the Factories Act 1961 and associated Regulations, in respect of cleanliness, overcrowding, temperature, ventilation, drainage of floors, and sanitary conveniences in factories where no mechanical power is used, and the provisions as to sanitary conveniences only in factories in which power is used. The following tabulated report in the form specified by the Ministry of Labour shows the number of factories registered, the number of inspections made and defects found and remedied. |
0376e946-7f38-473c-98e8-ebdf39b74c86 | Premises Number on Register NUMBER OF Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (i) Factories in which Section 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities 72 84 11 - (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority 604 703 53 — (iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises) 25 18 — — TOTAL 701 805 64 60 Cases in which defects were found:— Particulars Number of cases in which defects were found Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred To H.M. Inspector By H.M. Inspector (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Want of cleanliness (S. |
e90e7c0a-4435-43be-bee4-fd116565dba9 | 1) 4 3 - 1 - Overcrowding (S.2) — - - - Unreasonable temperature (S.3) 1 1 - - - Inadequate ventilation (S.4) 7 4 - - - Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) - - - - - Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient 1 - - - - (b) Unsuitable or defective 30 14 - 7 - (c) Not separate for sexes - - - - Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) 53 31 1 2 - TOTAL 96 53 1 10 - OUTWORKERS Section 133 of the Factories Act 1961 requires the occupier of a factory to notify to the Local Authority the names and addresses of persons employed in their own homes. |
befaa179-daf6-4186-8a1a-27c3d4894e65 | There are 136 outworkers so notified engaged in the following trades:— Wearing apparel 89 Household linen 2 Curtains and furniture hangings 1 Furniture and upholstery 2 Brass and brass articles 7 Artificial flowers 6 Making of boxes, etc. 17 Soft toys 2 Chocolates and sweetmeats 3 Cosaques, Christmas stockings etc 1 Lamp shades 6 The Public Health Inspectors made 136 visits to such premises. No unsatisfactory conditions were noted. 61 RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS The Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951 and Regulations prescribe standards of cleanliness of filling materials used in the manufacture of bedding, toys, baby carriages and other articles of upholstery and the registration of premises where the work is carried out. The regulations also prescribe the form of records to be kept showing the amounts etc. of filling materials used. Five premises registered under the Act were inspected and found to be satisfactory. |
6e61a6b7-f276-42de-ab10-cec2578f7f54 | SWIMMING POOLS AND BATHS Whilst the indoor swimming pool at Finchley is generally available throughout the whole of the year, the season for the three open air pools at Finchley, Hendon and Mill Hill is from the end of April to the middle of September. All pools are equipped with modern filtration and chlorination plants. During 1968 there were 355,850 visitors to the pools including 77,624 school children. Nine schools have teaching pools provided either by the Education Authority or by Parent Teacher Associations. There is also one privately owned pool which is open to the public. Samples taken by the Public Health Inspectors from the pools, additional to the daily checks made by the operating staffs, show that a generally high standard of bacteriological purity was maintained. There are also three public slipper baths in the Borough, and during the year 22,465 persons attended the baths. |
4fe1f6a7-6601-4bbf-989f-4da4cf9a1dd1 | At prescribed times, old age pensioners may have the free use of washing facilities at certain establishments. SANITARY CONVENIENCES There are 29 male and 27 female public conveniences adjoining the highways and 37 male and 37 female conveniences within the curtilage of the Council's parks and open spaces. Seventy-eight of these conveniences have free hand washing facilities including eight installations of an improved type of hand washing and drying machine. A specialist firm was employed during the year to carry out a thorough cleansing of the public conveniences adjoining the highways. It is intended that such a cleansing should occur each year and that the service should be extended to-cover conveniences in the Council's parks and open spaces. 62 SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL There have been no changes in sewerage and sewage disposal during the year. |
7d6fc57c-a59b-488b-8fcf-0d99c9f5899a | Works in constructing a relief surface water sewer in Devonshire Road was being carried out to alleviate flooding in part of the Mill Hill drainage area from Sanders Lane to a point of outfall into the watercourse which flows through Hendon Park Cemetery and Crematorium. It is anticipated that this relief surface water sewer will be functioning about the middle of 1969. Outfall sewers and on site sewers are also being constructed within the Grahame Park drainage area to serve a catchment of approximately 880 acres and to deal with a peak flow of 305 cusecs during times of normal storm, with outfall into the Silk Stream near Colindeep Lane Junction with Rushgrove Avenue. REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL Domestic refuse is collected by directly employed labour from every premises in the Borough at weekly intervals. One bin of trade refuse is also collected free of charge from each business premises weekly, whilst additional collections are made and/ or additional refuse removed under agreement, an appropriate charge being made. |
fbe054ca-2888-4722-b35c-610ada565db7 | There is a special collection service for the removal of old furniture, garden and builders' rubbish, etc., payment for which is made at the time of collection. Disposal is undertaken by the Greater London Council at two main disposal sites, these being at Brent Terrace, N.W.2. (by incineration) and Summers Lane N.12., where it is transferred to other road vehicles for transport to a tipping site outside the Borough. Salvage collection and disposal averages 30/35 tons per week, comprising mixed papers, fibre board, newsprint, carpet and mixed rags. |
8ee847ce-78d6-4e6e-9137-45115c3076d1 | ANIMALS Protective legislation to secure the well-being of cats and dogs, animals sold for pets, and horses hired out for riding is provided for in the undermentioned Acts, and at the end of the year the following licences were in force, namely:— Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963 3 Pet Animals Act 1951 20 Riding Establishments Act 1964 10 63 The Public Health Inspectors are "authorised officers" for enforcing the provisions of the Diseases of Animals Act 1950 and the numerous orders made thereunder. There is one establishment, licensed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for the detention of cats and dogs under quarantine following importation to this country. 107 dogs were received during the year and kept under observation to check on the presence and isolation of the animals for the required periods. Farm records of the movement of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs on or off the premises are periodically checked. |
30749584-d682-4683-a9a9-a8039cdb8abc | The records show that the average numbers of stock held were:— Cattle 1006 Pigs 2546 Sheep 46 Goats 2 Poultry 23141 Fifteen licences were in force at the end of the year permitting the use of plant for boiling waste foods for animal feeding. Cleanliness and adequate cooking of such wastes are essential to prevent the spread of animal disease. The Borough fortunately did not have any cases of Foot and Mouth Disease during the outbreak which originated in 1967, but, with the whole of the country, was subject to the restrictions of a Controlled Area, and during the period, November 1967 to February 1968 , 63 licences were issued for the movement into the Borough of 53 cattle, 98 sows and 3,200 pigs. In October a suspected case of Foot and Mouth Disease outside the Borough required the posting of notices on various roadsides to mark the boundary of the area under restrictions. |
78ca4564-cf9b-46d0-80a3-157e16cbdad1 | A trainee working on a local farm was a possible contact with the suspected animals and until the matter was cleared up, no movements in and out of the farm were permitted. The restrictions were lifted in 24 hours. Mr. J.R. Stockman M.R.C.V.S., continued to act on a consultancy basis to assist in the inspection of animals and premises where necessary. RODENT CONTROL The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 places on the occupier of land the onus of ridding his premises of rats and mice, but the Council provides a service which is free in the case of private property, and chargeable on a "time plus cost of materials and overhead expenses" basis in respect of business and other premises. The work is carried out by a trained staff of rodent operatives and in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. |
852d0f56-703e-49d9-b29b-cf55fee33868 | 64 Treatment of sewers to reduce the level of infestation is carried out three times a year, and is preceded by test baiting. Fluoracetamide, a dangerous poison, is used and the work is carried out by a specialist firm under contract. The arrangements for this work and its supervision are made with the co-operation of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor. The following table summarises the work carried out and is in the form required by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Properties other than Sewers Type of Property Non-Agricultural Agricultural 1. Number of properties in the district 117,537 41 2. (a) Total number of properties (including nearby premises) inspected following notification 2,944 8 (b) Number infested by (i) Rats 2,126 3 (ii) Mice 649 - 3. |
2d7f4018-3d0f-45f7-a4b0-3e41e08f8434 | (a) Total number of properties inspected for rats and/or mice for reasons other than notification 385 4 (b) Number infested by (i) Rats 218 - (ii) Mice 5 - The Rodent Operatives made 14,426 visits during the year. DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION Facilities for steam disinfection and disinfestation, and for the personal cleansing of verminous persons remain the same as for previous years. The treatment of females and young children is done under the supervision of a woman attendant specially employed. Requests for advice and assistance in dealing with insect pests increase in number and range over a wide variety. Many of these insects are of no public health significance, but steps are taken to assist in all enquiries. Again, thanks are due to the Director of the Department of Entomology of the Natural History Museum for the helpful co-operation of his experts in the identification of numerous insects. |
f2a3070c-9b87-41b6-92df-21121ce6b674 | During the year 64 requests for the hire of a squirrel trap were received. 65 "Wild" or "feral" pigeons are now a widespread pest, and the problem of reducing them in number is made intractable by the well meant but misplaced kindness of people who regularly provide food at all seasons. A charge is made for disinfection and disinfestation, with the exception of terminal disinfection carried out after a notifiable disease and the cleansing of verminous persons. |
7d579e95-a1a2-4c5e-9842-edc478e24495 | The following table shows the work done by the Disinfectors:— Disinfection Rooms 67 Articles 258 Disinfestation Ants 30 Bugs 26 Cockroaches 17 Beetles 8 Fleas 31 Lice — Scabies 4 Leatherjackets 1 Flying maggots 1 Silver fish 3 Drying Processes Premises 4 Articles 6 MORTUARIES The public mortuary serving the Borough is situated in the North Circular Road, N.3., adjacent to the Disinfecting Station. In the course of the year 522 bodies were received in the mortuary. EXHUMATIONS Licences issued by the Home Office for the removal of human remains under the Burial Act 1857 state, inter alia, "It is considered advisable that the Medical Officer of Health should be notified whenever such a licence is granted in order that he may be in a position to take any action that may be necessary in the interests of public health." |
3597f48d-6b74-49cc-a45c-8e61601e1623 | Fourteen exhumations were carried out during the year and, where appropriate, were observed by a Public Health Inspector, to ensure compliance with the conditions in the licence. 66 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Because of the Government restrictions on Capital Expenditure it was necessary for the Council to review it's capital programme which resulted in the postponement of major building projects during 1968. Despite the setback it is encouraging that during 1970/71 the development of the mental health services will include 150-place adult training centre, a 24-place hostel for male and female subnormal adults, and a 60-place rehabilitation workshop. Particular energy has been concentrated to further improve existing services and ensure progress in the field of care and rehabilitation both of the mentally ill and mentally retarded. The Mentally Subnormal Subnormal and severely subnormal cases under Local Authority care increased by 9% and at the end of the year there was a total of 486 receiving such care. |
1f65e222-5966-4b64-9715-f932b07ed6ad | Visiting of children under 16 years of age and their families is undertaken by the Health Visitor in co-operation with the Social Worker. The care of those over the age of 16 and their families is carried out by the Mental Health Social Worker. Children leaving Schools for the Educationally Subnormal are followed up by a Social Worker, in co-operation with the Youth Employment Officer, with a view to securing suitable employment or failing that arranging further education or vocational training. It is essential that practical relief be given to the families from the continual care of the subnormal member and short term care is arranged through private placements, but where individual nursing care is needed this is arranged (whenever possible), through the psychiatric hospital. Harperbury Hospital Despite the virtual full stop on permanent admission because of the need to reduce overcrowding and improve the service for patients already in hospital, mutually helpful liaison with Harperbury Hospital continues. The Principal Medical Officer for Mental Health continues to hold the port time post of Hon. |
2f8ff147-c8fd-4fdf-b491-38e6b3b69191 | Assistant Psychiatrist for 3 sessions a week at the hospital. Proposals are in hand for student nurses to spend part of their training period in various rrental health establishments which will further the links already made and enable insight with the various aspects of Local Authority community care. 69 Junior Training Schools The two Junior Training Schools have had a successful year; emphasis has been given in seeking new teaching techniques and encouraging social competence through outside activities. An excellent film has been made by the staff of Hendon Junior Training School showing the whole range of school work and also some of the brilliantly organised extra mural activities such as a youth hostelling weekend at Windsor. The Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons in November that the decision had been taken to transfer the responsibility for the education of severely subnormal children from Health to the Education Services. This change will undoubtedly necessitate substantial re-organisation to effect a smooth transfer and minimise any possible disruption to the children. |
cbd20ae7-b11f-4f83-851a-eda038ef87a3 | No decision has yet been made regarding the future care of those severely handicapped children in the special care units attached to the Junior Training Schools. Early settlement of the date of transfer is not only important in the interests of the children but also in future planning and legislation is anticipated during 1969. An important problem related to the transfer of responsibility, which has not been clarified, is the question of residential care of children who need to be away from their homes but do not need psychiatric hospital placement. Residential Care This Council, has continued to maintain patients in a variety of homes. The number of patients in informal foster care in homes or hostels run by voluntary organisations was 50 in 1968, an increase of 9 over the previous year. Additionally 43 children and adults received periods of short term care. |
0c3cf7af-5794-4db8-85ed-5e702d2174df | A small but important contribution to residential care of child patients was made by the completion during the year of a 10-place home for mentally disordered children at "Harwood", 55 Christchurch Avenue, North Finchley, N.12. Fieldways Adult Training Centre It has been particularly encouraging to see that some trainees who were very disturbed in other placements have improved to a considerable extent at this Centre and also some progress has been made in the placement of trainees in outside employment. Hendon Adult Training Centre This new purpose-built Centre for 40 mentally subnormal adults and young people 70 was completed and opened at the end of the year. It is intended that the programme in this Centre shall be an experimental one and it is hoped that some lessons will be learnt which could be applied in the two 150-place adult training centres which the Council are proposing to build in the 10-Year Plan. |
bd1af88d-7118-4497-9c83-818c32886279 | Residential Care of Adult Subnormals The demands for residential placement for adults who do not need hospital admission naturally grows yearly as parents become elderly or die. The Council has continued to make private placements as often as possible but, appreciating the increasing difficulty of obtaining such placements, plans have been made for two 24-place hostels for trainable adult mentally subnormal young men and women and it is hoped that one of these will be included in the earliest possible building programme when the present financial restrictions are lifted. Mental Illness This Borough is fortunate in having close co-operation not only with its catchment hospital, Knapsbury, but also with the general and teaching hospital psychiatric units in Greater London. This allows for greater flexibility in the arrangements for treatment of residents of this Borough. Relationships are particularly constructive with the Marlborough Day Hospital, St. John's Wood, and the psychiatric unit of the Middlesex Hospital, St. Luke's-Woodside, Muswell Hill. |
8171955c-d856-48c3-9c28-acafb57bada4 | The envisaged run down of the population of the general psychiatric hospitals has not yet had a great impact on the community services but much greater demands both on capital expenditure for buildings and on manpower will be made with increasing momentum in future years. This is quite obvious since the future government policy is for a substantial amount of psychiatric work to be done at units attached to District General Hospitals with a rapid turn over of patients. The Mental Health Social Workers continue to operate from Ravenscroft House, Wood Street, Barnet but, during the year, there have been changes in organisation designed to meet the need for comprehensive social work structure capable of coping with the changing conditions under which the field staff now work and with all the new aspects of, and approaches to, the problems of mental illness and subnormality. The Mental Welfare Officers' statutory duties and obligations under the Mental Health Act 1959 to act in psychiatric emergencies, are still covered by a 24 hour night and day, throughout the year, emergency service. |
2869b4f5-38fd-4287-8dab-2538ab0cf992 | However, it has been clearly demonstrated that emergency work can be markedly diminished by skilful and regular social work allied to early psychiatric referral. Because of the complexity of the service the Field Workers need to be fully experienced and qualified in social work. Progress is being made in the recruitment of qualified 71 staff and of the secondment of staff already in post to courses of training for the Certificate in Social Work. With the unification of all Social Workers under one roof, it has been possible to build up a comprehensive supervision structure in which all staff have the opportunity for consultation with one another and each being under the supervision of a senior officer. In a report of this nature it is only possible to give an outline of the organisation which has been built up, but the foregoing gives basic aspects. Passing from organisation to operation, the following brief details will give some indication of the wide range of work covered by the present day Mental Welfare Officer. |
6622e98c-99fa-4f25-a8e3-87b003a9e097 | Cases of Mentally III Persons referred to the Mental Welfare Service (see statistical tables — Page 77) The total number of such cases was 1,078, an increase of 3½% on the 1967 figures. Whereas in previous years the main source of referrals was the General Practitioner it will be noted that referrals from "other sources" now account for the major proportion. This is indicative of the widening area of contact as under this heading are those referred by Health Visitors, Social Welfare Officers, and other Social Work Agencies, Voluntary bodies, Government Departments i.e. Social Security, etc. Of the total cases referred 497 were later admitted to psychiatric hospital, 176 of this number being admitted informally. Admission under Sections 25, 26, 29 and 60 of the Act amounted to 321 compared to 303 in 1967. |
a714eb0d-4175-4ca2-abcc-ac8e080ee6fc | The use of emergency powers under Section 29 of the Mental Health Act, 1959, continues to decrease and now represents 14% of the total cases referred as compared with 20% in 1967. During the year 5,196 visits were made to Mentally 111 Persons and 493 visits to Subnormal Persons giving a total of 5,689 visits by Mental Welfare Officers. Friern Hospital, New Southgate Cases from the London Borough of Barnet area are no longer admitted to Friern Hospital but, by reason of the fact that the hospital is situated within the Borough boundaries, Mental Welfare Officers are liable to be called in for statutory duties in relation to patients in that hospital and during the year under review 61 such cases were dealt with. 72 Experimental Day Centre for the Mentally Infirm Elderly. Park House Hostel, East Finchley, N.2. |
e0a222d5-a427-48b5-a6aa-2c41df8918b8 | The Day Centre was open on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year and, from November, additionally on Wednesday of each week. At the 102 sessions of the centre during 1968 the average attendance was 9 persons and at each session at least one Mental Welfare Officer was present. During next year it is hoped to extend the Centre to four days per week which will be practically the limit for this experimental project. Mention should be made of the fact that a paper on the work done at the Centre was presented by the Principal Medical Officer (Mental Health) and one of the Senior Mental Welfare Officers at the 7th International Congress on Mental Health in London in August. Park House Hostel This 30 place hostel is primarily intended for 15 persons of each sex on a short-stay basis on discharge from psychiatric hospital although, in a few instances, admissions have been direct from the community where it is considered that a short-term admission will prevent breakdown and/or possible admission to hospital. |
2f80cb7e-6e2e-45bb-8541-e3613ffa2d72 | During the latter part of 1968 an increased amount of Social Work support was given with the introduction of a team approach to the running of the Hostel. Therapeutic Social Clubs The three Clubs: Park House, The Links and York Park continued to function with varying degrees of success. However, changes in hospital catchment areas and housing developments in some parts of the Borough makes its necessary for the organisation of the social clubs to be reviewed and it is proposed to do this during the coming year. Napsbury Hospital Mental Welfare Officers are authorised by the Hertfordshire County Council to act with regard to Borough residents who are, for the time being, in psychiatric hospitals in that County; 40 such cases were dealt with during the year. Mental Welfare Officers continue to attend Ward Meetings, Case Conferences etc., in the Hospital to develop close co-operation between hospital and Community Care Services. |
d3af5170-e2f7-41d3-9bcf-609c32b0fc5a | The question of notification of discharges from the Hospital to the Local 73 Authority Mental Health Section is still not resolved but it is hoped that 1969 will bring this about. Drug Dependency This important subject and the type of programme devised in this Borough to deal with it was briefly described in last year's report. The development of this programme in 1968 continued particularly having regard to the interest shown by the Department of Education and Science. Further meetings in schools and with youth groups were personally undertaken by the Principal Medical Officer for Mental Health. In August a two day Conference for Head Teachers of secondary schools and Principals of Colleges was held. The programme was designed to cover problems of drug addiction among young persons and included lectures on: "Drugs of Dependency — Their Use and Abuse". "Legal and Social Aspects of Drug Abuse". "Signs, Symptoms and Social Consequences with particular reference to the problem of the 'Drop-out' ". |
7f8c2fed-466e-4966-bbf2-15c504bd75bb | "The Emotional Disturbance in Adolescence associated with the risk of Drug Dependency". Each lecture was followed by small group discussion and time was allowed for reporting back and speakers' answers. Subsequently a series of six morning seminars for 30 teachers and assistant lecturers were held. It must be emphasised that the aim of the seminars was not to make teachers into diagnosticians of drug addiction but rather to make them more sensitive to those disturbances of adolescence that make youngsters a possible prey to drugs and most particularly those young people who are at serious risk because of death of parents, break up of home or by some other special crisis in their lives. Further programmes of this kind will be undertaken when the work already done has been properly evaluated. The Dangerous Drugs Act, 1967 and The Dangerous Drugs (Notification of Addicts) Regulations 1968 and Dangerous Drugs (Supply to Addicts) Regulations 1968, came into force during the year. |
529700f1-0027-4e78-b0cf-93b065e68bf3 | This legal machinery tightened up the supplies of dangerous drugs from medical sources and was associated with the opening of the drug addiction centres in various hospitals primarily to deal with the management of heroin addicts. A close liaison has been built up with those units where patients from the Borough are being treated and joint measures of prevention and after care in the field of drug dependency are under active cons ideration. 74 Mental Health Week, 1968 The third and final week in the series promoted by the National Association for Mental Health and the National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children, was held during the week 9th—15th June. The theme "Targets for Tomorrow", was designed to cover the five areas in the mental health field most needing support and improvement. Staff of the Mental Health Division and Health Education Section in conjunction with the Friern Barnet Association for Mental Health, organised a one day conference designed to provide an opportunity for active participation by the youth of the Borough and to enable the discussion of all aspects of mental health. |
fe1e064d-3221-4491-858e-76b073abf85a | The conference was held in the Borough's Youth Centre and 250 youth clubs were invited to attend. It was an all day conference consisting of lectures, films and group discussions. Speakers were carefully chosen to represent the varied areas of the mental health field and it was felt it had been a successful and informative conference. Voluntary Bodies The year cannot pass without again extending sincere thanks to the enterprising voluntary associations whose organisation of functions and provision of additional amenities for the mentally handicapped in the Borough has greatly assisted the staff of the various establishments. |
9e1ac48c-a220-429a-9773-be7883e92c2b | 75 Number of persons under Local Health Authority care at 31st December, 1968 Mentally 111 Elderly Mentally Infirm Psychopathic Subnormal Severely subnormal Total Under age 16 16 and over Under age 16 16 and over Under age 16 16 and over Under age 16 16 and over M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (ID (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) 1. |
01c51d2a-a8fc-451b-bfa7-98513645a783 | Total number 2 1 107 126 16 41 2 10 5 107 78 56 49 97 84 781 2.Attending workshops, day centres or training centres (including special units) 3 4 6 16 9 4 25 17 48 37 43 43 255 3 Awaiting entry to workshops, day centres or training centres (including special units) 1 1 1 5 10 1 4 23 4 Receiving home training 5 Awaiting home training 6 Resident in L.A. home/hostel 3 3 7 Awaiting residence in L.A. |
db532c99-bb12-448c-89d2-2db5a7f0c6be | home/hostel 8 Resident in other home/hostel 15 12 9 7 8 3 18 7 76 9 Boarded out in private household 1 1 10 Attending day hospital 2 8 10 11 Receiving home visits and not inc. in lines 2-10 (a) suitable to attend a training center 7 16 5 18 46 (b) others 2 1 77 87 5 7 2 1 74 56 1 2 40 35 390 76 77 Cases of Mentally III Persons referred to Mental Welfare Officers during 1968 REFERRED BY:- UNDER 16 YEARS 16 YEARS AND OVER TOTAL MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS 1 3 145 284 433 HOSPITALS, on discharge from IN PATIENT TREATMENT 24 41 65 HOSPITALS, |
679a45fc-0747-4144-8591-b2c67ee4df6a | after or during OUT PATIENT or DAY TREATMENT 25 45 70 LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY 2 2 POLICE AND COURTS 1 30 26 57 OTHER SOURCES 1 2 167 281 451 TOTAL 3 5 391 679 1,078 Persons Under Mental Welfare Officers' Care At 31.12.68 MENTALLY ILL ELDERLY MENTALLY INFIRM SUBNORMAL TOTAL Under 16 years 16 years & over Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 2 1 109 126 16 41 185 181 661 WELFARE SERVICES WELFARE SERVICES The Council provides a wide-range of Services under the National Assistance Act 1948 which extend to the care and well-being of persons in the community who by reason of age, physical disability, homelessness or other circumstance are in need of such care. |
207a691a-061c-4aeb-9d50-9fb43029d3c6 | Residential Accommodation The pressing needs of a number of senior citizens of the Borough is recognised in the provision of accommodation for the elderly in seven Residential Homes. Care and attention is provided by experienced staff. The extent of the demand for residential accommodation for the elderly is reflected in the size of the Waiting List which is in the region of 150. Work has been started on the new Meadowside, a replacement for the Home of a similar name. Fifty persons will be accommodated there. Work has also started on Merrivale, a 60-bed Home for both sexes, which is the first of the replacement buildings for Redhill House, scheduled to close in 1970. The number of persons accommodated at 31st December 1968, was 406. In addition 49 persons for whom the Council is financially responsible were accommodated in 81 Name of Home No. of Beds Disposition Beach Lodge, 66 Hendon Lane, N.3. |
f56e374f-5ac0-4714-aa4d-b39c3b181713 | 32 Female The Cedars, Richmond Road, New Barnet. 38 Mixed The Leys, Barnet Lane, Elstree. 47 Female Morton Lodge, Ashfield Road, Southgate, N.14 50 Mixed Redhill House, Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware. 210 Mixed Storth Oaks, 1 Downage, Hendon, N.W.4. 31 Mixed Woodhill House, Kentish Lane, Essendon, Herts. 41 Mixed other Local Authority Homes. During the year, 145 people were admitted to the Council's Homes: 82 persons were discharged to hospitals and a total of 69 deaths occurred in the Homes. Short-stay accommodation was provided for 26 elderly persons so that relatives who normally cared for them were able to take a holiday. Extensive improvements were effected in various forms at Woodhill House, The Leys and Redhill House. |
4fc3e61a-564d-43c6-b3e8-28b177ffb860 | A Handicraft Instructor attends the Homes and provides handicraft instruction to those residents who wish to receive such instruction. Outings to the coast and the countryside are also arranged. Additional outings, lunches, theatre parties etc., are provided by voluntary organisations. The Council appreciates the interest in, and the contribution made, by these organisations towards the welfare of the elderly. Registered Homes for the Elderly and Handicapped There are 52 Registered Homes for the Elderly and Handicapped in the Borough. A total of 881 persons were admitted to these Homes during the year; i.e. 677 to Homes run by Voluntary Organisations, and 204 to Private Homes. Four additional Homes were registered during the year and five registrations were cancelled in the same period. Homeless Families Temporary Accommodation for Homeless Families is provided in two Hostels maintained for this purpose. |
c731695b-cd57-43bb-a913-892a5f761929 | Kelvedon, 27 Woodside Avenue, Finchley, N.12 accommodates 12 families, and Redhill Lodge, Burnt Oak, Edgware provides accommodation for 25 families. Both Hostels were in full occupation throughout the year, an indication of the extent of the problem of homelessness. In addition to the Hostels, a Reception Unit was opened at Redhill House during the.year. With the co-operation of the Borough Housing Officer, a four-family-unit is being prepared for occupation at 2 Edward Road, New Bamet. Approval has been obtained from the Department of Health and Social Security for the building of The Croft, a 12-family-unit, with separate accommodation for the Warden. The Council again determined that a minimum of 15 families from the Hostels would be rehoused and, in accordance with this policy, twenty-two families were placed in accommodation by the Borough Housing Officer during the year. |
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