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a20a6fe9-8843-422e-8fcc-498d111ced41 | 3%) 9 (33.8%) 12 (25.1%) 5 (12.7%) 1 ( 2.3%) - 3 54 ( 4.9%) - 12 ( 0.2%) 20 ( 1.6%) 16 ( 2.1%) 5 (0.9%) 1 ( 0.2%) - 4 2 ( 9.4%) — 1 ( 2.1%) ( 3.5%) 1 ( 2.87.) (0.9%) ( 0.2%) — 574 ( 0.3%) — ( 0.2%) — ( 0.2%) — — - 3 1A 1B 203 - - 12 - 48 - 82 - 49 - 11 - 1 - 2 9 (85.3%) — ( 5.0%) 4 (20. |
5e1afe70-1348-4e1c-b9a6-f3070400ae3e | 2%) 4 (34.5%) 1 (20.6%) (4.6%) (0.4%) 3 26 ( 3.8%) 4 1 - 6 (1.7%) 13 (1.7%) 6 (0.4%) — - 4 (10.9%) - ( 0.4%) ( 2.5%) (5.5%) (2.5%) - - 238 - - - - - - - - 4 1A - 1B 88 - - 4 - 17 - 31 - 25 - 10 - 1 - 2 5 (91.7%) - ( 4.2%) (17.7%) 1 (32.3%) 3 (26.1%) 1 (10.4%) (1.0%) 3 3 ( 5.2%) — — — 2 (1.07.) |
02d2bf5b-d2c9-4eb2-8c8a-b1636381bb7e | 1 (3.17.) (1.0%) — 4 - ( 3.1%) 4 - - (2.17.) (1.0%) - - 96 - - — - — — ~~ 21 Live Births by Age and Parity of Mother and Place of Occurrence (continued) Parity of Mother * Place of Delivery . Aee of Mother All Ages Under 20 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 and over 5-9 1A _ — _ _ 1B 58(93.6%) — l (1.6%) 5 (8.1%) 18 (29.0%) 23 (37.1%) 11(17.7%) - 2 2(3.2%) — — — — 1 (1.6%) 1 (1.6%) — 3 2(3. |
f49e07ad-0a3a-440e-ba6d-249d5048b938 | 2%) - - - — 1 (1.6%) 1 (1.6%) — 4 - — — — — — — — 62 10-14 1A — — — — _ — 1B (100.0%) - - - - 1 (50.0%) 1 (50.0%) - 2 — — — — — — — — 3 - - - - - - - - 4 - - - — — — — — 2 15 and over 1A — — — - - - - - 1B — — — — — — — — 2 - - - - - - - - 3 — — — — — — — — 4 — — — — — — — — Illegit 1A _ __ 1B 285 (94.7%) 84 (27.9%) 105 (34.9%) 48 (15.9%) 23 (7.6%) 16 (5. |
39002100-36ca-4939-a546-ee1be8a921cb | 3%) 8 ( 2.7%) 1 ( 0.3%) 2 3 (1.0%) 1 (0.3%) 1 (0.3%) - — 1 (0.3%) — - 3 11 (3.7%) 1 (0.3%) 5 (1.7%) 3 (1.0%) 1 (0.3%) 1 (0.3%) - - 4 2 (0.7%) 2 (0.7%) — — — — — — 301 TOTAL 1A 4 (0.1%) — 4 ( 0.1%) — - - — - 1B 3754 (91.8%) 259 (6.4%) 1247 (30.5%) 1240 (30.3%) 615 (15.4%) 309 (7.6%) 80 (2.0%) 4 (0. |
eade5cac-ec76-4788-8f1d-5db8f3b971a9 | 1%) 2 153 (3.7%) 4 (0.1%) 39 (1.0%) 62 (1.5%) 31 (0.8%) 13 (0.3%) 4 (0.1%) — 3 172 (4.2%) 3 (0.1%) 49 (1.2%) 59 (1.4%) 44 (1.1%) 15 (0.4%) 2 (0.1%) — 4 8 (0.2%) 2 (0.1%) 2 (0.1%) — 4 (0.1%) — — — 4091 * Place of Delivery 1A N.H.S. Hospitals — With G.P. Maternity 1B N.H.S. Hospitals — Without G.P. Maternity 2 Non-N.H.S. |
bf18e873-a565-444b-9e1e-28b9c7989f5b | Hospitals (Mainly Maternity Homes) 3 At Home 4 Other 22 STILLBIRTHS BY AGE AND PARITY OF MOTHER AND PLACE OF OCCURRENCE Parity of Mother *Place of Delivery AGE OF MOTHER Total Under 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 & over 0 1A — — - — — — — — — — — — — 1B 26 (96.3%) 1 (3.7%) 11 (40.7%) 10 (37.0%) 3 (11.1%) 1 (3.7%) — — — — 2 _ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 3 — _ _ — _ — — — _ — _ — _ — — 4 i (3.7%) - - 1 (3. |
0ea8c474-3153-4394-92ed-4446674c6bda | 7%) - - - - - - - - - - 27 1 1A - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1B 11 (84.6%) — — 3 (23.5%) 4 (30.8%) 3 (23.5%) 1 (7.7%) - — — — 2 2 (15.4%) — — — — 2 (15.4%) — — — — — — — — 3 - — — — — — — - — — — — — — — — 4 — — — — — — — — — — — _ — — — — 13 2 1A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1B 5 (100.0%) - - — — 1 (20.0%) 3 (60.0%) 1 (20. |
9d2ae497-f493-446c-81d6-7ce940922a07 | 0%) — — — — 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 3 _ — — — — — — — — — — — — — _ — 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - — — 5 3 1A - - _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - 1B 6 (85.7%) - - 1 (14.3%) - - 3 (42.8%) 1 (14.3%) 1 (14.3%) - — 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 3 1 (14.3%) — — — — — — 1 (14. |
2134ce72-f651-4fdb-98cf-5b623f45fdc1 | 3%) — — — — — — 4 - — - — — - — - - - - - - - - - 7 4 1A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1B 3 (100.0%) - - - - - - - - 2 (66.7%) - - 1 (33.3%) 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 3 _ _ _ 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 23 Stillbirths by Age and Parity of Mother and place of occurrence (continued) Parity of Mother *Place of Delivery AGE OF MOTHER Total Under 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 % over 5-9 1A — — — - — — — — — — — — — — — — 1B _ |
78da9e6d-b28f-4f91-9008-bdcb8a3435d9 | — — — — _ — - — — __ — _ — — 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10-14 1A _ _ — — — — — _ _ _ — _ _ 1B — — — — — — — — — — — — — _ _ _ 2 — — — — — — — — _ _ — — — _ — _ 3 — — — — _ — — — — — _ _ _ _ _ 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 154 1A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ — _ _ _ — 1B — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 — — — — — — — — — — |
b88851ea-ce50-4000-aeb5-eef26a4ea063 | — — — — — — 3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 4 - - — - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Illegit 1A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1B 4 (100.0%) 2 (50.0%) — _ 2 (50.0%) — _ _ — _ _ _ 2 — — — — — — — — _ — — — — — — — 3 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Total 1A _ 1B 55 (93.3%) 3 (5.1%) 15 (25.4%) 17 (28.8%) 12 (20.3%) 6 (10.2%) 1 (1.7%) 1 (1.7%) 2 2 (3. |
80d3b47d-d609-44cf-ba14-3c87f0da41b6 | 4%) — — — — 2 (3.4%) — — — — — — — _ 3 1 (1.7%) — — — — — — 1 (1.7%) — — — — — — 4 1 (1.7%) - - 1 (1.7%) - - - - - - - - - - 59 * Place of Delivery 1A N.H.S. Hospitals — With G.P. Maternity 1B N.H.S. Hospitals — Without G.P. Maternity 2 Non-N.H.S. Hospitals (Mainly Maternity Homes) 3 At Home 4 Other PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES The following table shows the total number of corrected notifications received during the year:- Acute encephalitis - (-) Acute meningitis 5 |
64f69bf6-d163-4a24-be94-6c22a0199971 | (4) Acute poliomyelitis - (-) Anthrax - (-) Cholera - (-) Diphtheria - (-) Dysentery 33 (228) Food poisoning 94 (63) Infective jaundice 58 (51) Leprosy - (-) Leptospirosis - (-) Malaria 2 (-) Measles 1363 (672) Ophthalmia neonatorum 5 (5) Paratyphoid fever 2 (6) Plague - (-) Relapsing fever - (-) Scarlet fever 81 (61) Smallpox - (-) Tetanus - (-) Tuberculosis Respiratory 59 (80) Meninges and C.N.S. 1 (-) Other 24 (33) Typhoid fever 4 (2) Typhus - (-) Whooping cough 81 (30) Yellow fever (-) 1812 1235 Figures in parenthesis represent notifications for 1969. |
ed62b88d-da50-4a98-be4a-a0b2aa6c0bea | 27 Two cases of paratyphoid occured during the year; one was a 7-year-old girl who had been to Italy on holiday and the other a 5-year-old boy who on investigation was found to have visited and eaten at a pie shop with his father, neither he nor his parents having been out of the country. 3oth cases made an uneventful recovery, and all contacts were tested and no related cases found. Four cases of typhoid fever were notified during the year. One case was a girl of 21, a laboratory technician at a London hospital, who had not been out of the country but had been working on a specimen of faeces from another typhoid case. She made an uneventful recovery. |
44215a4c-cb51-4623-afc2-2e5cc1662e0a | The three other cases had been either living or staying abroad; one case, a child of 2, came from Karachi with her mother and during investigations of contacts it was discovered that one of the contacts, a man of 35, was a carrier of typhoid but of a different strain. He was admitted to hospital for treatment and subsequently discharged, but moved into the Borough of Camden. The Medical Officer of Health of Camden was notified. All cases made uneventful recoveries, and contacts were tested and no related cases found. Two cases of malaria were notified, one a girl of 3 and the other a woman of 25 years. In both cases the disease was contracted naturally abroad. 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. |
6807a1b3-4028-41e1-b43b-d84368acf35e | This is done by comparison of the signature on the certificate with a file specimen of the doctor's signature previously supplied by him. During the year, 11,795 such certificates were authenticated in the Department. 28 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Man began to pollute the environment when he first made fire and throughout the centuries he has recognised the unwholesomeness of waste products. It is but comparatively recently that an explosive increase in the production of durable goods and the wider use of the products of an expanding chemical industry has created conditions which without check may well adversely affect man's health and comfort. In the public health service we have since the middle of the 19th century been seeking not only to remedy unhealthy conditions but to prevent them. Today we take for granted a pure domestic water supply, and recognise that adequate means of sewerage and sewage disposal, and arrangements for the collection and disposal of domestic refuse and the products of industry, are indispensable to a healthy environment. |
0c3364aa-1197-4d57-a0ed-f7e1cb726210 | High standards are called for in the production, storage and distribution of food and shortcomings in these respects are frequently treated by the Courts in exemplary fashion. Smoke-free atmosphere, not yet universal, is rapidly extending, paradoxically more in the big towns than elsewhere, and in Barnet our target is to make the Borough smoke-free by 1976. Housing legislation now recognises the need not only to provide homes and to keep them in good repair, but to create an environment in total which is socially acceptable. We really owe our present environmental health services to the enthusiasm of the sanitary reformers of a hundred years ago and it is our purpose today to exploit the advances made in the creation of a healthy environment and, within the boundaries of our authority, to seek to prevent conditions inimical to health. The detailed account required by Regulations and meeting the requests of Government Departments shows the range of work involved and the results achieved by the whole staff of the Division. |
404c3755-1b19-46a9-a591-6ed6a4b2fac0 | 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 plumbosolvent action. 31 The amount of naturally occurring 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 Water Board has a content of 0.2 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. The whole district receives mains water direct and none is supplied by a permanent standpipe. |
aa2543b1-e890-4076-a40f-a4ef92900b34 | FOOD Formal and Informal Samples Five hundred and eighty samples of food were submitted to the Public Analyst during the year. A table identifying the commodities and showing the results is set out below. The number of samples reported as unsatisfactory was 7.2. per cent of the total submitted, a slight decrease on the figure for 1969. In addition twenty samples of foodstuffs and drugs, the subjects of complaint were also examined by the Public Analyst. SAMPLE FORMAL INFORMAL Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Alcoholic Beverages, Beers 2 Alcoholic Beverages, Cream Snowball 1 Alcoholic Beverages, Advocaat Punch Drink 1 Alcoholic Beverages, Whisky 2 Almond Orgeat 1 Beans, |
45329206-c515-4560-94d6-bd0dde6883af | Baked 1 Beans in Tomato Sauce 1 Beef Stew 1 Biscuits 2 Blackcurrant Health Drink 3 Bread 1 Breakfast Cereal 1 Butter 3 Cake 1 3 1 Cake and Pastry Mixes 2 Cheese 1 3 12 4 Cheese Spread 7 32 SAMPLE FORMAL INFORMAL Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Satisfactory isfactory Chilli Powder 2 Coffee 1 Coffee and Chicory Essence 1 Coffee Mate 1 Confectionery 8 Cooking Fat 2 Corn Chips 1 Cornflour 2 Cream 9 1 Creme de Marrons 1 Curry Powder 2 Custard Powder 1 Dessert Preparations 4 1 Dripping 3 Egg Mundels 1 Farina 1 Fish Cakes 2 Fish. Canned 12 Flour, Plain 5 Flour. |
2e1ea36f-a15b-49a0-982d-77555606afae | Rye 1 Flour, Self-raising 12 Flour, Soya 1 Flour, Whole Wheat 1 Food Colour, Artificial 1 1 Fruit, Canned 26 4 Fruit, Dried 4 Fruit Nectar 2 Fruit Preserve 2 Glace Cherries 1 Glycerine 1 Gravy Mixes and Powders 3 Groundnut Oil 2 Herbs, Dried 1 Honey 1 Horseradish Cream 1 Hydrogen Peroxide Solution 1 Ice Pops 1 Ice Lolly Mixture 2 Icing Sugar 1 Jams 13 Jellies 19 Lard 6 Laxative, Fruit 1 Lemon Curd 2 Lemon Juice 1 Liver. Pig's 3 Macaroni Shells 1 Malted Milk 1 Margarine 10 1 33 SAMPLE FORMAL INFORMAL Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Marmalade 6 Marzipan 1 Meat, |
0d50e029-d550-495d-b0b5-768755fe0a26 | Canned 22 1 Meat Pies and Puddings 15 1 Meat Products, other 1 12 Milk, Condensed 2 Milk, Dried 4 1 Milk, Evaporated 4 Milk Puddings, Canned 6 Milk Shake Syrup 1 Mincemeat 2 Mint Sauce 3 Oatmeal 4 Olive Oil 1 Paracetamol Tablets 1 Pastes and Spreads, Fish 3 Pastes and Spreads, Meat 3 Pease Pudding 2 Pickles 5 Pie Filling 1 Pure di Mele 1 Rice 3 Rice, Ground 3 Sage and Onion Stuffing 1 Sago 1 Salad Cream and Mayonnaise 6 Sandwich Spread 1 Sauces 3 Sausage Meat, Beef 9 1 Sausage Meat, Pork 15 1 Sausages, Beef 18 1 Sausages, |
9f99a5e7-6e64-48b4-960c-66c21b83d284 | Pork 17 2 Scone Meal 1 Semolina 2 Shandy 4 Soft Drinks 26 1 Soups, Canned 34 1 Soups, Dried 6 4 Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce 2 Spices 3 Suet 2 Sweetners, Low calorie 1 Tea 8 Tomato Chutney 1 Tomato Juice 1 Tomato Ketchup 5 Tomatoes, Canned 10 Tonic Water 3 Tooth paste 1 34 SAMPLE FORMAL INFORMAL Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Vegetable Juice 2 Vegetables, Canned 18 2 Vegetables, Dehydrated 5 Vegetarian Foods 6 Yoghurt 3 TOTALS 4 4 537 35 The following comments are made regarding some of the unsatisfactory samples:Cream Cheese Comments have been made in the two previous Annual Reports concerning the practice of selling full fat soft cheese as cream cheese. |
ad22cb7e-a3cb-4734-bd2c-8ba65d92d5f8 | This practice has continued in spite of the fact that as long ago as 1962 the Food Standards Committee made recommendations for the fat content of all soft cheeses, which recommendations were subsequently incorporated in the Cheese Regulations 1965. These Regulations were subsequently amended by the Cheese Regulations 1970. During the year four samples of "cream cheese" were found in fact to be full fat soft cheese. Legal proceedings were instituted in three of the cases and a fourth case concerning a sample taken during 1968 was also heard during the year under review. In each of the cases a fine of £10 was imposed. Margarine Ten samples of margarine were examined during the year and in no instance was there found to be a deficiency in the declared vitamin content. One sample however contained a slight excess of moisture and the attention of the packer was drawn to the matter. Dried Milk Again one sample of dried milk was found to contain excessive moisture. |
bbf04202-5e78-4c6e-bf71-ba8217c3ca45 | As in previous cases where excessive moisture has been found the milk was packed in a waxed paper bag inside a light cardboard carton and the attention of the distributors concerned was drawn to this unsatisfactory method of packing an article which is readily susceptible to the absorption of moisture. Canned Fruit Two cans of fruit preserve imported from India were examined; the first contained as a preservative Benzoic acid which is not permitted as a preservative in this type of product and the contents also showed black stains due to traces of iron which were thought possible to have come from a pan in which the preserve was prepared. In the case of the second can, Sorbic acid was present which is not permitted by the Preservative in Foods Regulations 1962 as a preservative in fruit preserve. A claim was also made on the label for vitamins which was not justified in view of the minute amounts present. |
57e04765-0901-4b81-b571-e50044c8296a | 35 Soups The butter fat content of one can of cream of tomato soup was found to be slightly below the standard recommended in the Code of Practice with regard to the composition and labelling of canned soups, and this was brought to the notice of the manufacturers. In the case of dehydrated soups it was found that when reconstituted in accordance with the instructions given on the packets, the fat content of the reconstituted soup was insufficient to justify the description "Creamed". The substitution of the words "Creamed Style" after the normal description of the soup by its contents was considered to be a reasonable compromise in respect of the description of one of the soups sampled. In the other instances the manufacturers agreed to the amending of the recipe. An imported dried soup claimed the presence of vitamins but gave no quantitative statement of the amounts present. The attention of the importers was drawn to this omission. |
32ee34b2-126f-45f3-b7c6-b2fe9002982a | Local Anaesthetics Three phials of local anaesthetic used in a Dental Clinic were examined because of minute traces of white material in suspension. This material was found to consist of a paraffin wax like material which possibly came from the lining of the sealing cap. However, two of the samples had a Lignocaine content of 2.4 and 3.4% respectively instead of the 2% declared on the label. Cream Of the cream samples examined, one sample of double cream was found to be deficient in milk fat whilst the filling of two samples of "cream" horns was found to consist of custard and not cream. Sausages and Sausage Meat An informal sample of pork sausages and one of pork sausage meat purchased from the same butcher showed deficiencies of 9 and 16 per cent in the meat content respectively. After investigation which showed the proportions of the ingredients to be correct it was assumed that they had been insufficiently mixed. |
1c90eafa-d378-4abc-8130-4fe0a1ed2e40 | This matter was taken up with the retailer and subsequent samples proved satisfactory. The other three samples of sausages and sausage meat reported unsatisfactory related to the finding of undeclared preservative. The average meat content of the total sausage and sausage meat samples examined was 61.5% in respect of the beef variety and 68.3% in respect of the pork. Other Samples In addition to the above samples, the following were examined in the Department:- 36 ARTICLE NUMBER OF SAMPLES SATISFACTORY UNSATISFACTORY Artificial Sweetener 1 - Milk 36 Mince 4 - Soups, Canned 1 - Dried 3 2 Vegetables, Dried - 1 Vinegar - 1 ice Cream There are three small premises in the Borough where ice cream is manufactured. The following table shows the number of samples of ice cream submitted for examination under the Ice Cream (Heat Treatment etc.) Regulations 1959 and 1963. |
8ab7fd91-839f-492b-a0cb-4ab390881a28 | TYPE GRADING TOTALS 1 2 3 4 HARD ICE CREAM PREMISES Prepacked 21 4 - - 25 VANS Loose 102 40 46 33 221 SOFT ICE CREAM PREMISES 2 1 3 1 7 LOLLIES PREMISES ALL SATISFACTORY 12 Liquid Egg Nineteen samples of liquid egg were taken from bakeries to check that the egg had been properly pasteurised. All the samples were reported as being satisfactory. 37 Milk Licensing and Sampling One hundred and eighty-one premises are registered for the sale of milk and the following licences for the sale of graded milk have been issued:- "Untreated" Milk 40 "Pasteurised" Milk 150 "Sterilized" Milk 108 "Ultra-heat Treated" Milk 74 One hundred and thirty-five samples of raw milk were submitted to the Laboratory for the screening milk ring test. |
c43a47fa-a8c2-4151-a48d-24310db429a5 | A positive reaction in one small herd serving a closed community was followed up and one animal was isolated and eventually sent for slaughter when biological examination proved the cow to be infected with Brucella abortus. The results of a further sixteen biological examinations were negative. One sample of untreated milk was bacteriologically unsatisfactory. Two subsequent samples from the same source were satisfactory. Food Complaints Two hundred and fifty-six complaints were received as to quality, soundness or the presence of foreign bodies in food. In most cases advice and information was given with the object of avoiding a further similar incident but in thirty cases the offence justified formal proceedings. There was an increase of just over 15 per cent in the number of complaints received during the year but this was not so great an increase as that reported last year. It is perhaps of interest to note that in nearly l/5th of the cases the complaint was not substantiated. This is the highest figure ever reported under this category. |
4c97b12b-7110-47da-a531-bf57c63964b6 | The table below classifies the nature of the complaints: 1. Foreign Bodies (a) Insects 40 (b) Metal objects 7 (c) Glass, stones, etc. 17 (d) Paper, wood, string, etc. 6 (e) Oil, grease etc. 15 (f) Fabric, plastic, rubber etc. 6 (g) Cigarette ends 1 (h) Harmless matter, e.g. burnt dough in bread 9 101 2. Quality (a) Unsoundness 14 (b) Mould growth 48 (c) Rancidity, sourness etc. 9 71 38 3. Damaged or Dirty Containers (a) Damaged containers 13 (b) Dirty containers, e.g. milk bottles 17 30 4. Labelling or Misdescription 2 2 5. |
369f6326-d45d-495b-987c-0cbbf96b9bb6 | Complaints not substantiated 52 52 256 The problems confronting the dairy companies remain as great as ever, and it is a fact that a number of the complaints are the result of thoughtlessness on the part of the customer who previously received milk in the particular bottle. Notes containing messages for the milk roundsman and metal caps pushed into the bottle are the two greatest offenders in this respect and it would be a great help to all concerned if notes left for the milk roundsman were placed under the empty bottle rather than in the neck. The growing mechanization of the food industry increases the risk of contamination of foodstuffs with oil and grease from moving parts, and the inclusion of the occasional loose nut or washer still gives rise to complaints in spite of the care taken by the industry to avoid such possibilities. The complaints relating to the presence of insects were largely in cans of vegetables or fruits. Here again it is known that all the well known canners go to great lengths to avoid such incidents. |
026434bc-1e93-49e7-b3a6-0ac73a7147ce | Food unfit for human consumption The following list sets out the food stuffs condemned during the year:- Fresh Food Meat 1501 lbs. Offal 117 lbs. Fish 214 lbs. Poultry 2022 lbs. Tinned Fruit/fruit juices 3616 tins/bottles Meat 550 Vegetables 1896 Soups 127 Milk 296 Fish 332 39 Tinned - continued Milk Puddings 80 Meat puddings/pies 233 Cream 20 Jams 206 Unidentified 891 Frozen Foods (in packets or cartons) Cream/ice cream 156 Fish/fishcakes 7722 Meat 2805 Puddings/pies/pastry 2007 Vegetables 7317 Fruit 660 Poultry 33 Mousse 4186 Miscellaneous Confectionery 1799 packets Cereals 98 packets Pastry/flour 240 lbs. Biscuits 286 lbs. |
b34c3542-6a53-44c2-a661-ead88e3e0776 | Chocolates/sweets 4153 packets Sauces/pickles 10 bottles Dried Fruit 62 lbs. Butter 13 lbs. Animal foods 192 tins Cheese 10 packets Most of the food was voluntarily surrendered by retailers anxious to maintain a good record for fresh produce of good marketable quality. 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 1960/62 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 of the Public Health Inspector in which food handlers can be advised and encouraged in good housekeeping methods. |
bbc11da7-cd3b-459b-baf3-5c657696d7f8 | 40 The Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970 which consolidate and amend the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960 and 1962 were made in August 1970 and they come into operation on 1st March, 1971. During the year it was found that 145 catering establishments employed some staff of non United Kingdom origin; some employees in fact had no knowledge of English. Those of European origin or Near East origin are sporadically distributed and in many cases are employed in family businesses where relatives speak English fluently and they present no problem. The main communication problem is with the Chinese employees. These form a close-knit group which shows little inclination to integrate with the local population. None of the 90 Chinese found was employed other than in one of the 26 Chinese restaurants in the Borough all of which were wholly staffed by Chinese. Of these 90 persons it is estimated that 80% were incapable of taking part in a colloquial conversation. |
59436cb2-a7a6-40a9-90b7-6ff31d99dc48 | There are numerous dialects in Chinese and any attempt at instruction verbally, even with the aid of an interpreter, would be of little or no value. There is however a prospect that the written word in basic Chinese characters may be understood by most groups, and with the aid of a fluent English speaking Chinese gentleman it is hoped to draft a simple Code of Hygiene. With respect to other Asians, most Indians or Pakistanis are employed in Indian restaurants, but there is not the same exclusiveness about them as the Chinese and with patience a workable understanding is achieved. 41 At the request of the Department of Health and Social Security, 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 clothes or other cleaning and drying facilities (Regulation 19). |
574219b7-c17d-4cea-ace7-81a40c7f1e00 | Class of Business Number at end of 1970 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 177 177 177 177 Canteens 201 201 201 201 Confectioners 273 273 152 151 Dairies 9 9 9 9 Fishshops 71 71 71 71 Greengrocers 172 172 142 142 Grocers 325 325 325 325 Licensed Premises 227 227 219 219 Restaurants/cafes 274 274 274 274 5,472 visits were made to secure the observation of hygienic practices in clean and properly equipped premises. Generally the equipment of retail and wholesale food premises is satisfactory. Markets There are two markets in the Borough. |
77c7f5d7-e391-4cac-bdd0-41b38ad6d530 | One owned by the Council at Burnt Oak is known as the Watling Market; this operates on one day a week only. The other, privately owned, is at Barnet, and opens two days a week. Hawkers Hawkers of food and their storage premises are required to be registered under Section 11 of the Middlesex County Council Act 1950, in those areas formerly Middlesex County districts. At the close of the year there were 41 such hawkers on the register. Slaughterhouses There are no slaughterhouses operating in the Borough at present. One person was licensed by the Council under the Slaughter of Animals Act 1951 as a fit person to slaughter animals. |
0c772250-2104-4963-8cf9-0b3281cafb97 | 42 Poultry Inspection 1970 (i) Number of poultry processing premises within the district 1 (ii) Number of visits to these premises 10 (iii) Total number of birds processed during the year 1970 11,580 (iv) Types of birds processed Hens (v) Percentage of birds rejected as unfit for human consumption None (vi) Weight of poultry condemned as unfit for human consumption None (vii) 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 farm. The processing premises consist of a building divided into two sections — for killing and for dressing. 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. |
24ec95f6-dab7-4674-a77d-0d010e355781 | The carcasses 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 area for sale in the fresh trade. As the birds are uneviscerated, inspection at the place of slaughter is limited but doubtful carcasses are retained and inspected in accordance with the procedures recommended in Circular 22/61 of the Ministry of Health. Labelling of Food Samples of canned fruit, fruit preserves, stringless beans, spaghetti and minced beef, cream, snowball drink, cheese blended with beer, soup and artificial sweetner had omissions or misleading errors in their labelling. Labels printed in foreign languages were again encountered and representations were made to the importers to use labels printed in English. |
117d0f41-fac6-443c-81b0-b34927e70bc4 | 43 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN RESPECT OF FOODSTUFFS Date Court Offence Fine 6. 1.70. Hendon Sale of milk bottle containing cigarette end. £10 £5. 28. 1.70. Highgate Sale of lemon tart containing piece of wire. £25 £5. 2. 2.70. Hendon Sale of pork pie affected with mould. £20. £5. 5. 0. 2. 2.70. Hendon Sale of cream cheese deficient in fat. £10 £10. 2. 2.70. Hendon Sale of double cream cheese deficient in fat. £10 £10. . 23. 2.70. Hendon Sale of Cornish Pasty affected with mould. £30 £5. 5. 0. 15. 4.70. Barnet Sale of bottle of sour milk. |
f3a40829-fab2-411e-830c-36489f283721 | £10 £6. 116. 2.70. Hendon Sale of chocolate eclairs affected with mould. Case dismissed 9. 2.70. Hendon Sale of mouldy loaf. £15 £5. 5. 0. 17. 2.70. Barnet Sale of mouldy loaf. £25 £2. 2. 3.70. Hendon Sale of milk in bottle containing a slug. £30 £10.10.0. 2. 3.70. Hendon Sale of milk in bottle containing a slug. £30 £10.10.0. 2. 6.70. Hendon Sale of cake containing a piece of flint. £50 £10.10.0. 1. 7.70. Barnet Sale of breakfast cereal containing insects. £40 £5. 15. 7.70. |
e5696567-0368-438b-a3f9-f8af3be8b6c0 | Barnet Sale of mouldy steak and kidney pie. £25 £10 15. 7.70. Barnet Sale of loaf with oil staining. £50 £10 29. 7.70. Highgate Sale of fresh cream Dairy Dessert affected with mould. £20 £5. 1. 9.70. Hendon Sale of loaf with oil staining. £100 £20. 12.10.70. Hendon Sale of mouldy cake. £15 £10. 14.10.70. Highgate Sale of loaf containing piece of cloth. £100 £10. 14.10.70. Barnet Sale of mouldy pork pie. £25 £6. 21.10.70. Highgate Sale of strawberry tart containing piece of glass. £15 £15. 9.11.70. Hendon Sale of breadroll containing a fly. |
e033e1ba-9801-4cf9-b1b0-b7a6e13fa22e | £15 £10. 11.11.70. Highgate Sale of milk in a dirty bottle £50 £15 16.11.70. Hendon Sale of unfit chicken. Adjourned sine die 1 4.11.70. Barnet Sale of brown loaf containing screw. |£15 £10. 44 Continued LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN RESPECT OF FOODSTUFFS Date Court Offence Fine Costs 21.12.70. Hendon Sale of cream cheese deficient in milk fat. £10 £5. 21.12.70. Hendon Sale of cream cheese deficient in milk fat. £10 £5. 21.12.70. Hendon Sale of loaf containing piece of metal £20 £5. 5. 0. 14.12.70. Hendon Sale of cod roes affected with mould. £25 £10. |
b3e0f827-8e75-452f-8aec-29174841b115 | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS UNDER FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS Date Court Offence Fine 7. 9.70. Hendon Various offences under Food Hygiene Regulations £150 £30. 26.10.70. Hendon Various offences under Food Hygiene Regulations Dismissed on points of law. No cost awarded against Council 45 CLEAN AIR A table showing the position reached in the Smoke Control Programme is on page 47 Progress this year was not as good as it might have been because of the shortage of solid smokeless fuel. I referred in my Report for 1969 to the fact that confirmation of the No. 11 Order was likely only if operations were delayed until 1st April, 1971: in the event the Minister of Housing and Local Government made the commencement date the 1st of July 1971. Indeed, during the year a step backwards was taken. |
c997676d-8aca-4801-96d3-a6b093148b48 | Fears of serious shortage of fuel in the winter of 1970/71 led the London Boroughs Association to recommend constituent authorities to consider applying for suspension of Smoke Control Orders. The Minister of Housing and Local Government agreed in Circular 63/70 that he was willing to do this in total or part. The London Borough of Barnet Council decided to ask for temporary suspension of 40% of existing Orders in accordance with the final recommendation of the London Boroughs Association, such a proportion being considered adequate to meet a calculated shortage of 17% of solid smokeless fuel. Table B shows the Orders suspended from 10th November, 1970 until 31st March 1971. Steps were also taken to hasten the conversion of coke fired boilers in Clinics, Homes and Schools and other Council buildings to gas and oil firing so as to free supplies of coke for domestic use. |
d65f7f29-518a-4d3c-a721-ff1c2c922504 | When an area to be recommended as a smoke control area is surveyed it is frequently found to contain buildings whose fate is uncertain: dwellings which are unfit and await assessment as to repair, improvement or demolition, or buildings likely to be demolished for road improvements — the M.I. for instance. A date has to be set for recommending the making of a Smoke Control Order but this rarely coincides with action on these other matters. Clearly if a house has only a very short future life it would be a waste of money to include it in the Order, pay grant for conversions to fireplaces and then to find it shortly pulled down. On the other hand to exclude properties from the Order only to find when in operation that the project has been abandoned or deferred, can result in an unacceptable source of smoke in the middle of a clean air zone for years. Decision can only be taken having regard to the best available information at that time. |
4aa2b265-04e9-4ef8-b57d-930ef0ccf3c2 | Recognising this, provision is made in the Clean Air Act 1956 for varying a Smoke Control Order and in June the Health and Welfare Committee recommend the making of a Variation Order to remove the excmption of fireplaces in a dwelling within the area of the London Borough of Barnet Smoke Control (No. 10) Order. The house has been included in road proposals connected with Grahame Park but a subsequent revised plan made demolition unnecessary. Unfortunately, the same procedures concerning publicity, display of Notices, and advertisements in the press, opportunities for appeal etc. must be undertaken in connection with a Variation Order as with a Smoke Control Order. This represents a lot of work — seemingly unnecessary if the person or people concerned are themselves anxious to carry out conversion of fireplaces with the aid of grant. |
4b1cdbcd-f2be-41bb-b8b5-5fbbedeb4119 | 46 47 TABLE A SMOKE CONTROL ORDER DATE MADE DATE CONFIRMED DATE TN OPERATION ACREAGE NO OF DWELLINGS OTHER PREMISES Orders made by London Borough of Barnet and Constituent Authorities As at 31st December 1969 10,596 59,578 3,664 London Borough of Barnet (Colindale and West Hendon) (No. 10) 5-5-69 24-7-69 l-7-70 393 2,692 148 London Borough of Barnet (Hendon) (No. 11) 25-3-70 10-7-70 1-7-71 402 3,120 256 London Borough of Barnet (Cricklewood) (No. |
9039b1ba-9ddf-4e8a-bbd5-e80ef350c2db | 12) 10-8-70 11-11-70 1-8-71 383 1,925 157 TOTAL 1,178 7,737 561 GRAND TOTAL 11,774 67,315 4,225 Acreage of Borough 22,124 Approximate number of premises (all types) 118,376 The Clean Air (Suspension of Smoke Control - Barnet Order 1970. TABLE B Table showing Smoke Control Orders Suspended. Made Confirmed Operative Houses Other Premises P Acres GROUP I Barnet U.D.C. No. 2 19 12.60 27. 4.61 30. 9.62 468 10 164 ,, ,, No. 3 27. 7.61 6.12.61 30. 9.62 479 14 122 ,, ,, No. 4 11. |
dcb9b5e1-64c0-4dc9-a915-f0edfe9ba91d | 9.62 21.11.62 1.10.63 685 2 135 ,, ,, No. 5 19.10.63 1. 1.64 1.10.64 274 18 79 ,, ,, No. 6 30. 7.64 28.10.64 1.10.65 619 21 104 2,525 65 604 GROUP II Borough of Hendon ,, ,, ,, No. 1 3. 9.58 31. 8.59 1. 9.60 639 19 721 ,, ,, ,, No. 7 18. 3.63 26. 7.63 1. 7.64 880 27 520 ,, ,, ,, No. 8 21. 5.63 10. 9.63 1. 9.64 1,465 25 104 ,, ,, ,, No. 9 16. |
29a3952b-0a5e-45d2-9a81-ea7e1994d8f2 | 9.63 19.12.63 1.10.64 509 11 269 ,, ,, ,, No. 10 19.12.63 24. 3.64 1.10.64 432 24 64 ,, ,, ,, No.11 30. 4.64 30. 7.64 1. 7.65 886 135 104 ,, ,, ,, No.12 10. 9.64 29.12.64 1. 7.65 724 51 118 ,, ,, ,, No.13 16.11.64 15. 7.65 1. 7.66 691 119 116 London Borough of Bamet No. 2 2. 2.66 10. 5.66 1.10.67 5,043 228 917 ,, ,, ,, No. 6 18. 8.67 8.11.67 1. |
9183de29-df38-4012-afdb-1e451778ec5f | 7.68 2,244 87 282 13,513 726 3,215 GROUP III East Bamet No. 1 14.12.59 16. 3.60 1.10.60 872 3 173 ,, ,, No. 2 23.12.60 15. 3.61 1.10.61 874 5 200 ,, ,, No. 3 29.12.61 21. 3.62 1.10.62 1,160 58 178 ,, ,, No. 4 17.12.62 28. 3.63 1.10.63 1,357 55 162 ,, ,, No. 5 16.12.63 10. 3.64 1.10.64 1,440 23 204 ,, ,, No. 6 14.12.64 9. |
62891701-fe3f-47c5-b30b-e808b750b872 | 3.65 1.10.65 1,007 14 163 Friern Bamet No. 2 4.12.61 20. 3.62 1.10.62 786 16 102 ,, ,, No. 3 27. 9.62 31. 1.63 1.10.63 902 17 127 London Borough of Bamet No. 1 22.11.65 24. 2.66 1. 9.66 448 15 58 ,, ,, ,, No. 5 31. 8.66 7.12.66 1. 9.67 956 48 214 9,802 254 1,581 TOTAL 25,840 1,045 5,400 48 HOUSING Provision of Housing Accommodation The year 1970 was one of marked progress in the Council's continuing efforts to meet the overall housing demand in the Borough. |
25111d0c-885b-4d55-a90f-0106c7d3526b | Several factors combined to make this possible, the main one being the provision of new estates, an addition of 925 dwellings having been constructed during the year. Moreover, in March the Council reviewed its housing waiting list by circulating all applicants, with the result that many were found to have moved away or obtained their own accommodation without having notified the Council. In consequence the number of registered applicants was reduced from 6,142 at the beginning of March to a total of 4,402 at the end of the review. These developments enabled the Council to lower the minimum waiting period for new housing applicants from twelve to six months before their claims could receive active consideration. At the same time it proved possible to give additional assistance to some of the more hard-pressed inner London Boroughs by increasing the agreed quota of Greater London nominees wishing to be rehoused in Barnet. |
01f93c5e-8980-4e75-b0b7-bd2b50de7556 | By 31st December a total of 1,170 families in all categories had been rehoused, of which 65 families were decanted from Housing Areas scheduled for redevelopment in the Council's current programme. Provision for homeless families evicted from their homes for various reasons remained a serious problem but the acquisition of a number of houses in different parts of the Borough as additions to the Council's pool of temporary accommodation under the National Assistance Act 1948 did contribute to some easement of the problem as a whole. During th year the Borough Housing Officer rehoused 47 families from the various units of temporary accommodation into permanent Council dwellings, and, in addition, allocated tenancies direct to 49 families who had been rendered homeless under Court Orders and who otherwise would have had to be admitted into welfare accommodation. In June, The Croft, East Road, Burnt Oak, a new purpose built homeless families unit providing accommodation for a total of 15 families was brought into use. |
ea47cd04-5ea8-47c6-b832-77f3cb21a921 | Situated within the North Road Housing Area this will replace the now obsolescent Redhill Lodge scheduled for demolition early next year as part of the same redevelopment scheme. I am indebted to the Borough Housing Officer for the above details relative to the progress made during the year in meeting the demand for Council housing accommodation. 49 Clearance Areas One clearance area located at The Villas, Burnt Oak, Edgware involving two properties was represented to the Council under Part III of the Housing Act, 1957. A Clearance Order was made and because the houses were immediately adjacent to the North Road Housing Area, already programmed by the Local Authority for redevelopment, a Compulsory Purchase Order was made. Demolition of all the properties in the Lodge Lane, North Finchley Clearance Area was carried out. Rehousing of all the tenants from the two other clearance areas at The Burroughs, Hendon and East End Road, East Finchley had not been completed by the end of the year. |
66c0f2e8-6619-473d-b670-8921363783cd | Detailed surveys were commenced in respect of sixty-two properties in North Finchley in order that consideration could be given to the preparation of a report on two further clearance areas as forecast by the slum clearance programme submitted to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government last year for the period 1970/73. Individual Unfit Houses Fourteen dwellings were reported during the year as being unfit for human habitation and incapable of repair at reasonable cost. In two cases the making of Demolition Orders was appropriate whilst in the remaining instances, as the dwellings were not capable of demolition in isolation, it was necessary to recommend the making of Closing Orders. In two cases the making of Closing Orders was not however proceeded with, since as the properties were within an area scheduled by the Local Authority for eventual redevelopment the owners agreed to sell at this stage to the Council. In consequence of this action, together with that which had been initiated in earlier years, eighteen unfit houses were demolished and ten dwellings closed. |
9da2bbaf-b4d3-414e-b66c-829afabd8312 | Fifteen families comprising in all a total of thirty-eight persons vacated unfit properties. In two instances the tenants found themselves suitable alternative accommodation. In all other cases rehousing was arranged by the Council. Seven Closing Orders which had been made during previous years were determined. In each case the property was completely rehabilitated and provided with full standard amenities so as to have an acceptable future life as a fit dwelling. The seven properties were adapted so as to provide nine units of accommodation. Slum Clearance and Re-Development Outside the areas which the Council have programmed for comprehensive redevelopment under Part V of the Housing Act, 1957, there are no large locations of unfit housing in the Borough, the problem of unfitness continuing to be confined to individual houses or comparatively small groups of properties. |
a67662a5-816f-440a-97f4-036826933c63 | 50 Approximately twenty dwellings per annum continue to be identified, as a result of complaints and the routine inspection of the district, which are found to be unfit and incapable of repair at reasonable cost and necessitate action under Part II of the Housing Act, 1957. No further surveys were undertaken during the year in respect of potential redevelopment areas for designation under Part V of the Housing Act 1957. A re-appraisal was however made of the Cromwell Road Housing Area which in 1968 was designated by the Council for re-development. This followed representations from a group of the owners concerned that the future of the area should be reconsidered having regard to the provisions of Part II of the Housing Act, 1969 in respect of General Improvement and rehabilitation and in consequence the Council re-affirmed their earlier decision to proceed with comprehensive re-development. During the year Compulsory Purchase Orders were confirmed, each without modification, in respect of three Housing Areas at Sydney Road, Sanders Lane and Cricklewood Lane South. |
9f477748-de21-44f5-b316-b49c0326b2a2 | On completion re-development will provide for some 162 units of accommodation in localities previously occupied by 91 mainly substandard properties with an appreciable element of multi-occupation. By the end of the year re-development of the first phase of the Ridge Road Housing Area (18 units) was completed, whilst redevelopment of the Swan Lane Housing Area was well advanced. The latter scheme provides for 36 dwellings and a school site in a locality which was previously occupied by 57 unfit or substandard properties with an appreciable amount of multi-occupation. Improvement of Houses The Housing Act 1969, whilst retaining the main features of the original scheme, sought to give more discretion and greater flexibility to local authorities in addition to increasing the upper limit of the financial assistance available towards the cost of improving older houses which still have an acceptable life but which presently lack amenities in the form of hot water supply, a fixed bath or shower, wash hand basin, sink, and inside water closet. |
2dbb2732-97db-4879-a655-a156cb9609f1 | 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 order to encourage them to undertake improvement with the aid of appropriate grants. In twenty cases a favourable response was received and improvement schemes were carried out or put in hand. With the higher levels of grant together with the more realistic rents for certain categories of tenancy made available by the new legislation a steady increase in the number of properties improved is now looked for. During the year a total sum of £40,212 was paid in respect of grant aid, made up of 137 Standard Grants, 20 Discretionary Improvement Grants, and 1 Special Grant relating to a house in multiple occupation. I am informed by the Borough Treasurer that during the same period 337 Housing Act Advances were made for house purchase, involving a gross sum of £1,400,530. |
ab0a5472-6197-42b7-8f28-a2f7102823fd | 51 Section 19 of the Housing Act, 1964 enables the tenant of an individual dwelling to make representation to the Council to take action to secure the provision of satisfactory amenities. During the year three such representations were received. In one instance the tenant moved to other accommodation elsewhere in the district after which the dwelling which comprised living accommodation over a shop was taken out of residential use by the owners. In a second case discussions had commenced with the owner regarding an improvement scheme, whilst in the third case no firm undertaking had been received from the owner by the 31st December and the indications were that it would be necessary for the service of formal notices to be considered. Improvement works in respect of the two cases which were the subject of representations during 1969 were not carried out. |
03425217-9319-464f-853b-5e49aa2e17cf | These comprised purpose built ground and first floor units in two storey property, described colloquially as maisonettes, and after taking Counsel's Opinion the Town Clerk ruled these to form part of a tenement block necessitating action to be considered under Section 20 and not Section 19. The initial approach must come from the tenant in these cases and it is discouraging to find how little this provision, which was not repealed by the Housing Act 1969, is used. It may well be that the new provisions in respect of the rents of controlled tenancies will result in the initiative for the improvement of this type of house being taken by the landlords rather than the tenants. Area Improvement Part II of the Housing Act, 1969, confers upon local authorities powers to deal with the improvement of living conditions in predominantly residential areas by declaring General Improvement Areas. It is envisaged that in addition to securing the improvement of the dwellings within an area, the authority should themselves undertake work to improve the general environment. |
78b37633-a685-4048-8af0-e23ddb14209d | The type of improvement works considered to be desirable are tree planting, providing play spaces, grassed or paved areas, parking spaces and garages. It is also suggested that street lighting may be renewed, road surfaces repaired and road patterns replanned. Approved expenditure in respect of such works based upon a sum of not more than £100 per dwelling within the area, will attract grant from the Ministry, the contribution to be a sum equal to one half of the annual loan charges, payable for twenty years. In November 1969 the Council after considering the implications of the new provisions decided that they should receive a report upon the action possible by way of area improvement in order to deal with unsatisfactory housing conditions within selected areas in the Borough. During the year a survey was carried out in order to identify any such areas and in conjunction with the Borough Planning Officer there was consultation with officers of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government on the suitability of the areas 52 considered for designation as General Improvement Areas. |
e55d9668-ab53-443e-9701-e622737e753a | In all, twelve areas, with a total content of 4,300 dwellings, were included in the survey and at the end of the year the appropriate officers were considering in more detail the merits of three selected areas before making a recommendation to proceed with one of these as a pilot scheme. Although the Housing Act 1969 repealed the power given in earlier legislation to make Improvement Areas, local authorities are nevertheless able to deal appropriately with those areas already declared. In this respect by the end of the year all work possible had been completed in the Council's first Improvement Area at Prospect Road, Childs Hill — 35 of the 38 houses having been fully improved, the balance being occupied by elderly owners not prepared to undertake the improvement works involved. As the redevelopment of the first phase of the Ridge Road Housing Area, immediately adjacent, was also completed, integration of the two areas in order to achieve overall environmental improvement, as originally visualised, was achieved. |
ab8fd7a4-ad08-4fc9-9fb4-1ec7ec8cc190 | Work continued towards the completion of improvement schemes for the 91 houses in the second Improvement Area at Brent Terrace, Cricklewood. 95 of the 136 houses in Campion, Needham, Johnston and Midland Terraces, Cricklewood, had also been improved to the full standard by the end of the year. Before formal designation as an Improvement Area, the owners of this estate gave an undertaking to the Council in 1968, to carry out complete modernisation of properties as they became vacant and to improve the remaining houses including those where the sitting tenants were desirous of purchasing for owner/occupation. In addition to the improvement of the housing stock the owners have undertaken for the estate as a whole improvements to the communal garden areas and the provision of additional parking spaces and garage accommodation. The whole operation is therefore proving to be highly successful in achieving the overall improvement of what had been a somewhat run-down British Rail Estate. |
c76866a1-e64f-4bb5-8ba1-884a39c136b8 | Overcrowd ing The following statement provides a summary of the known cases of overcrowding existing or dealt with during the year, the standard of assessing overcrowding being that specified by the Housing Act 1957. (a) Number of dwellings known to be overcrowded at end of year 6 Number of families in occupation 7 Number of persons in occupation 49 (b) Number of new cases reported 2 53 (c) Number of cases relieved 7 Number of persons concerned 32 These are the only cases of statutory overcrowding which are known to the Department. Other cases do undoubtedly exist but the entire extent of the problem within the Borough is not considered to represent a serious hazard. Overcrowding seldom comes to light during the course of normal routine inspections or as a result of direct complaint. In the main, cases are brought to notice by tenants alleging over-occupation who are seeking to improve their position on the Council's housing waiting list. |
b1aa9e4f-21b1-4900-8109-d6c2b17267ad | 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 often supported by medical certificates and referred by the Housing Department for special consideration on the grounds of overriding medical priority. I wish to record that each application made for Council housing accommodation which was supported by the Department received the fullest consideration by the Borough Housing Officer. Common Lodging Houses There are no common lodging houses in the Borough. |
9987d644-6c1b-436a-a883-ebe05c98d5d1 | Houses in Multiple Occupation The Housing Acts 1961 to 1969 provide powers for dealing with unsatisfactory living accommodation in houses which are occupied by persons who do not form a single household. In October 1965, the Council adopted comprehensive standards in respect of facilities and amenities to be applied in houses in multiple occupation. In the light of the experience gained since that time the opportunity is now being taken to reconsider these standards in order that any appropriate amendments may be made. Consideration has also been given to the desirability of introducing a scheme 54 of registration having regard to the extensions given to Section 22 of the Housing Act 1961 by the Housing Act 1969. This has however been rejected on the grounds that the extent and character of multi-occupation in the Borough at the present time and as it is indicated for the foreseeable future does not warrant the making of a registration scheme. |
8b591ebf-203d-401c-b3fa-c560f0d6066d | There are certain clearly defined, and in some instances well established, sectors in parts of Cricklewood, Childs Hill, Golders Green, Finchley and Friern Barnet where relatively high concentrations of multi-occupation are known to exist. There are also many smaller groups and individual houses throughout the Borough which are not so readily identified and which may well conceal some of the more adverse conditions. Whilst comparatively few complaints reach the Department from persons occupying this type of accommodation, it is of vital importance that an adequate programme of inspection should be maintained so as to secure the proper maintenance of such premises and the provision of acceptable standards. It has been confirmed that this is best achieved by undertaking house to house visits in selected areas already known to be vulnerable with detailed inspections of all houses found to be in multi-occupation. During the year 185 properties were inspected in this way and in consequence, together with action initiated earlier, 34 have been equipped and repaired so as to make them suitable for the number of individuals or families in occupation. |
2b32ee12-e99e-4dc0-ad86-e7b3aae8ecfb | A Direction in accordance with Section 19 of the Housing Act 1961 was made in respect of a house in the Cricklewood area which could not physically be provided with adequate facilities, limiting the occupants to a number appropriate to the services available. Similar action was contemplated in respect of a second house in East Finchley but before formal action could be initiated the owner/occupier disbanded the five lettings having a total of 16 persons and the house now remains in single family use. 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, regardless of the number of persons at risk or the standards which were otherwise maintained. 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. |
ecbeefab-5a1b-4e1d-9238-57af78da991d | 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 in houses in multiple occupation is applied and 40 houses have been modified to such standards. 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. 55 Rent Acts and Housing Act 1969 Once again little advantage was taken by tenants during the year of the opportunity under the provisions of the Rent Acts to apply to the Council for Certificates of Disrepair. This action is possible when a tenant of a controlled tenancy considers that his accommodation is not being maintained in a satisfactory state of repair, having regard to age, character and locality. |
eac2b07f-125c-4e62-b31b-57467c771a81 | The procedure is somewhat cumbersome and time consuming and this probably accounts for the fact that no applications were received during the year. One application for cancellation of a Certificate of Disrepair was made and this was issued. The picture was very different in relation to applications by landlords for Qualification Certificates under the provisions of Part III of the Housing Act 1969. This new legislation enabled a landlord to apply to the Council for a qualification certificate in relation to a controlled tenancy, and if the premises were in a condition to qualify for the issue of a Certificate, the tenancy then became regulated as distinct from controlled, and a fair rent could be fixed by the Rent Officer following consultation with the landlord and the tenant. 989 applications were received from landlords relating to controlled tenancies where standard amenities (bath, sink, wash hand basin all with hot and cold water supplies and an internal water closet) were available. |
5fde4c06-34b6-4bb5-8246-355166de270b | The Act requires that a tenant shall be provided with a copy of the landlord's application and afforded an opportunity within a twenty-eight day period, of making written representations to the Council as to the condition of his tenancy. Advantage was taken of this opportunity by a large proportion of tenants. Whether or not such representations are received, it is the policy of this Department that in every instance an inspection of the dwelling be carried out. It was found that in numbers of cases, the only way in which this could be accomplished was by the District Public Health Inspector making evening and week-end appointments. Following such inspection the decision was then made as to whether a Qualification Certificate should be issued or refused or whether, bearing in mind the nature of repair works considered necessary, opportunity should be afforded to the owner to carry out the repair works within a reasonable period of time, at the termination of which the position would be adjudged as to issue or refusal of a Qualification Certificate. |
f9b480c6-16a8-4d68-9246-afc56e608828 | Both tenant and landlord have a right of appeal to the County Court within a period of twenty-eight days following the issue or refusal of a certificate. Having obtained a Qualification Certificate, a landlord is entitled to have a fair rent fixed by the Rent Officer, and the tenancy becomes a regulated one. This new legislation imposed an onerous burden on the Division requiring many hundreds of inspections and revisits. It is nevertheless gratifying that although 652 Qualification Certificates were issued and 419 refused, no appeals to the County Court were made either by landlords or tenants. 56 Housing Statistics 1. |
3824e700-525e-40b4-aef9-5e7f0c9c663c | Inspection of Dwelling Houses (i) (a) Total number of dwellings inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 4,131 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 11,724 (ii) Number of dwellings found to be unfit for human habitation 16 (iii) Number of dwellings (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation 1,852 (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 23 (v) Number of dwellings inspected in connection with improvement areas Improvement Grants Scheme 121 2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal notices: Number of defective dwellings repaired or rendered fit in consequence of informal action 285 3. Action under statutory powers during the year (a) Proceedings under Sections 9 and 10 of the Housing Act |
616c630b-d913-4b5e-a619-bec2a2554b97 | 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 57 (b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts: (i) Number of dwellings in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 41 (ii) Number repaired or rendered fit (a) By owners 19 (b) By Local Authority in default of owners (c) Proceedings under Sections 16 and 17 of the Housing Act 1957 (i) Number of dwellings in respect of which Demolition Orders were made 3 (ii) Number of dwellings demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders 7 (iii) Number of dwellings in respect of which Closing Orders were made 14 (iv) Number of dwellings closed in pursuance of Closing Orders 11 (v) Number of dwellings in respect of |
7f3a2cc5-7c77-45f3-872c-3b99502ba576 | which undertaking accepted under Section 16 (4) Nil (vi) Number of dwellings in respect of which Closing Orders were determined under Section 27 (2) 7 (vii) Number of dwellings in respect of which Demolition Orders were revoked under Section 24 (2) Nil 4. Houses in multiple occupation - Housing Act 1961 (i) Number of properties made suitable for occupation by number of occupants accommodated (Section 15) 34 (ii) Number of properties provided with means of escape from fire (Section 16) 40 5. Compulsory Improvement-Housing Act 1964 Number of dwellings in improvement areas improved to the full standard 12 Number of dwellings outside improvement areas improved to the full standard - Section 19 Nil 58 CARAVANS Under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, there are two sites licensed in the Borough, one on either side of the Barnet By Pass at Stirling Corner. |
5bcf2f86-dabf-48b1-acbd-c79892291179 | The sites are well maintained and managed and at the end of the year there were 95 caravans stationed thereon. Ministry of Housing and Local Government Circular No. 38/70 draws attention to the fact that Part II of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 which required local authorities to provide sites for gypsies in their areas came into force on the 1st April, 1970. The question of need and the possibility of providing a site was still under consideration at the end of the year. INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS 1970 Some 7,355 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. Housing Public Health and Housing Acts 9,014 Multiple Occupation 1,422 Other housing visits 1,288 11,724 Clean Air Observations 298 Surveys proposals and claims 1,143 Other clean air visits 6, |
cd3c183c-8872-4038-a3f1-a36859148df5 | 812 8,253 Food Premises Bakehouses 406 Butchers 680 Dairies and Milkshops 77 Grocers 734 Ice Cream 125 Restaurants, Cafes 913 School Meals Kitchens and Canteens 709 Stalls 132 Unsound Food 452 Other food premises visits 1,244 5,472 59 Factories Powered/non-powered 353 Sites 26 Outworkers 111 490 Offices, Shops and Railway Premises 2,381 Drainage Drainage and Plumbing Works 2,284 Cesspools 593 2,877 Infectious Diseases 3,440 Animals Pet Shops 37 Riding Establishments 43 Boarding Establishments 16 Diseases of Animals Act 149 Others 35 280 Miscellaneous Visits Accommodation roads/passages 120 Noise nuisance 850 Accumulation of rubbish 1,302 Hairdressers 21 Caravans 113 Water courses 402 Not classified 2,086 4,894 39,811 Of the 2, |
4a1aea30-7aa6-4327-a1bd-649b88d3cf7b | 914 informal notices served, 1,571 were complied with and 91 statutory notices were required, and of these 54 had been complied with at the end of the year. LOCAL LAND CHARGES ENQUIRIES These refer 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 10,385 properties. 60 NOISE The Noise Abatement Act 1960 and the Public Health Act 1936 together with byelaws as to street noises, noisy animals etc., provide measures for dealing with noise or vibration which is a nuisance. This does not apply to noise or vibration caused by aircraft or by statutory undertakers in the exercise of their powers. Investigations into noise complaints can be very time consuming and take up a considerable amount of the Public Health Inspectors' time. |
1aa42f5c-a0ac-4331-9b6c-9eba4f3acf1e | Many visits are often needed, frequently at night and early mornings, and sometimes negotiations for the alleviation of the complaint can be very protracted. Many of the complaints received during the year stem from the close proximity of dwellings to industrial premises. During the year 56 complaints of noise nuisance were received; these related to noise from business and industrial activity, and also from domestic and social causes. 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 Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity. |
3d11c487-7515-4a1b-bb2d-48fdb93671ba | The total number of registered premises at the end of the year was 3,166, a slight reduction on the previous year, although 264 premises were newly registered during the year. In addition to the number of premises registered by the Council, there are 298 registered premises where the Act is enforced by the Factory Inspectorate and 10 premises where the Act is enforced by the Greater London Council. 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:- 61 Table A — Registrations and General Inspections Class of premises No. |
21719438-1294-403c-9543-0754d6c79f1c | of premises newly registered during year Total registered premises at end of year Registered premises receiving a general inspection Offices 98 880 107 Retail shops 136 2006 1,119 Wholesale shops, warehouses 3 51 34 Catering establishments open to the public, canteens 27 225 102 Fuel storage depots — 4 1 TOTALS 264 3,166 1,363 Table B - Number of visits of all kinds by Inspectors to Registered Premises 5,500 Table C - Analysis of persons employed in registered premises by workplace Class of workplace No. |
eb3d9ee2-e8e7-4dd8-9e95-5af87608e43e | of persons employed Offices 14,764 Retail Shops 8,291 Wholesale departments, warehouses 1,474 Catering establishments open to the public 1,550 Canteens 215 Fuel Storage Depots 28 TOTAL 26,322 Total males 13,333 Total females 12,989 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, 62 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. |
96097586-3152-48c2-bbdb-498b16100ed1 | 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 76 23 5 — (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority. 632 330 25 — (iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises) 21 26 — — TOTAL 729 379 30 — Cases in which defects were found:— Particulars Number of cases in which defects were found No. of Cases in which prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred To H.M. Inspector By H.M. |
57d41b82-119f-46cc-9d13-1c42c33c10c9 | Inspector (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Want of cleanliness (S.l) 3 2 - - — Overcrowding (S.2) - - - - — Unreasonable temperature (S.3) — - - - — Inadequate ventilation (S.4) 1 - - - — Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) — — — — — Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient — — (b) Unsuitable or defective 21 6 1 6 - (c) Not separate for sexes 1 - - 1 - Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) 6 5 — — — TOTAL 32 13 1 7 - 63 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. |
8c79c048-1275-4133-a503-4b5d44e0f92a | There are 112 outworkers so notified engaged in the following trades:- Wearing apparel 80 Furniture and upholstery 4 Artificial flowers 3 Making of boxes etc. 19 Soft toys 3 Lamp shades 3 The Public Health Inspectors made 111 visits to such premises. No unsatisfactory conditions were noted. RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS The Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951 requires the registration of premises where filling materials are used in the manufacture of bedding, toys, baby carriages and other articles of upholstery and the licensing of premises where rag flock is manufactured or stored for distribution. Regulations made under the Act apply standards of cleanliness for filling materials and prescribe a form of records to be kept by occupiers of registered or licensed premises. Five premises registered under the Act were inspected and found to be satisfactory. |
1ffd09c4-4a38-4ef8-b132-4191c7d28d6c | SWIMMING POOLS AND BATHS There are four public swimming establishments provided and maintained at:- Squires Lane (indoor) High Road, North Finchley Daws Lane, Mill Hill Goldsmith Avenue, West Hendon Water treatment to public pools is carried out by filtration and "break point" chlorination method. Public Slipper Baths are available at Squires Lane, Finchley, others that were available at West Hendon are to be closed during 1971. 64 Charges for washing and swimming are various. Special charges are agreed for school use for swimming. Washing is free at prescribed times for Old Age Pensioners. SANITARY CONVENIENCES There are 70 male and 68 female public conveniences adjoining the highway and within the curtilage of the Council's parks and open spaces, hand washing facilities are provided at 47 male and 47 female conveniences. The use of conveniences including hand washing facilities is free in the Borough. |
3e3abdd6-3eb8-472e-86e8-32c28d68891a | The convenience at Glebe Land on the North Circular Road has been enlarged and modernised during the year and new conveniences have been built at Bittacy Park. The sanitary fittings in all the public conveniences have been thoroughly descaled and cleaned by a firm of specialist contractors and it is anticipated that this will now be done annually. SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL The system of sewerage in the Barnet area is partially separate and partially combined, whilst the rural areas of Arkley and Totteridge are unsewered. Treatment and disposal is partly at the Greater London Council (East Middlesex) main drainage works, Deephams, Edmonton and partly at West Hertfordshire main drainage works, Rickmansworth, Herts. Apart from isolated cases, the Friern Barnet area is entirely sewered. Only a small area exists where there is a combined drainage sewerage system. Treatment and disposal is at Edmonton. |
329fe0f0-d483-45de-80d5-4a89cde57eb5 | The whole of the Finchley area has a separate sewerage system and is sewered. Treatment and disposal is at Edmonton. In the East Barnet Area there is a separate sewerage system except for the older development in Monken Hadley area where it is partly combined. The whole of the district is sewered and treatment and disposal is at Edmonton. The Hendon area has a separate sewerage system except for small areas of old development which are partly combined, and these are being eliminated as housing redevelopment projects progress. In the Hendon Wood Lane area, which is not sewered, a scheme has been implemented by the Council to eliminate cesspool drainage. Treatment and disposal is at the Greater London Council (West Middlesex) works, Mogden. 65 In the more rural parts of the Northern area there are some properties which drain to cesspools, for which a free emptying service is carried out by the Council 8 times per year. |
73598a29-8846-4487-a2b4-fe349f746113 | Generally speaking surface water is handled by discharge of surface water sewers to natural water courses. REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL Refuse is collected by direct labour in various types of specially manufactured vehicles. The number of collection rounds is 44. Disposal is effected by Destructor at Hendon on the North Circular Road and by transfer station at Summers Lane, Finchley. All disposal is the responsibility of the Greater London Council, some from part of the Borough being handled at the new station at Edmonton. Special arrangements are made for the regular clearance of trade refuse as required, whilst a service is available on pre-payment for the collection and disposal of unwanted cars, furniture, garden refuse, rubble etc. ANIMALS The Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963, the Pet Animals Act 1951 and the Riding Establishments Acts 1964/70 provide protective legislation to secure the wellbeing of cats and dogs, animals sold for pets and horses hired out for riding. |
00549364-acbd-47c0-904f-716f2eee8017 | At the end of the year the following licences were in force: Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963 2 Pet Animals Act 1951 19 Riding Establishments Acts 1964/70 9 The Public Health Inspectors are "authorised officers" for enforcing the provisions of the Diseases of Animals Act 1950 and the numerous Orders and Regulations made thereunder. There is one establishment in the Borough, licensed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for the detention of cats and dogs under quarantine following importation to this country. During the year 58 dogs were received at the premises after being authorised to land. The premises are kept under observation by the police and the Public Health Inspectors to check on the isolation of the animals for the required periods. 66 Under the Movement (Records) Orders made under the Diseases of Animals Act, 1950, detailed records have to be kept by stockholders of the movement of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs to and from their premises. |
491728e5-4d8b-46e6-9a88-578f0d616d48 | Farm premises were visited to inspect the record books to ensure that the appropriate entries were made and that the animals were retained. The records show that the average numbers of stock held were:- Cattle 1,035 Pigs 6,062 Sheep 6 Goats 3 Poultry 16,212 The Diseases of Animals (Waste Food) Order 1957 requires that all waste foods to be used for the feeding of animals must be boiled to minimise the risk of spread of animal disease. The boiling plants may only be operated if satisfactory and licensed. Twelve licences were in force at the end of the year. Under the Regulation of Movement of Swine Order 1959, licences wete issued for the movement of pigs to a slaughterhouse from a local farm before the expiration of the 28 days normal detention period after the last movement of the pigs. Mr. J.R. |
2d55f4f9-2040-4738-929b-ca49a82f4d85 | Stockman, M.R.C.V.S., continues to act on a consultancy basis to assist in the inspection of animals and premises where necessary, and his ready co-operation is much appreciated. RODENT CONTROL The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 places on the occupier of land the onus of ridding his land and premises of rats and mice; however in practice it is found that the provisions of the Act are best administered by the Council providing a control service. A trained staff of Rodent Operatives is employed and the methods used are in accord with the recommendations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. In the case of dwelling houses, treatment is undertaken by the Council free of charge, and on a "time and cost" basis in respect of business premises. Treatment of sewers to reduce the number of rats was again carried out three times during the year. Fluoracetamide, a dangerous poison, was used, and the work carried out by a specialist firm under contract. |
958362f2-a9f1-4b93-9584-f77f9da29b31 | The arrangements for the work are made with the cooperation 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:- 67 Properties other than Sewers Type of Property Non-Agricultural Agricultural Number of properties in the district 119,711 40 2. (a) Total number of properties (including nearby premises) inspected following notification 2,222 3 (b) Number infested by (i) Rats 1,185 1 (ii) Mice 843 — 3. (a) Total number of properties inspected for rats and/or mice for reasons other than notification 524 23 (b) Number infested by (i) Rats 31 — (ii) Mice 11 - The Rodent Operatives made 12,048 visits during the year. |
4cae4887-106e-4091-993f-a030d03956e3 | DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION Facilities for steam disinfection and disinfestation and for the personal cleansing of verminous persons are provided at the Disinfecting Station, North Circular Road, N.3. The requests for advice and assistance in dealing with insect pests continue to 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 all enquiries. One must again express thanks 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. Because of complaints from some residents in regard to damage etc. caused by the common squirrel invading roof spaces, the Council hire out traps on request for which a fee of £1.25 per fortnight is charged. During the year 87 such requests were received. "Wild" or "Feral" Pigeons are a widespread pest and continue to cause nuisance. |
91b6605e-433a-4538-93ff-b703aafeb9bf | A Special Contractor has again been employed to reduce the numbers of pigeons at several major centres of infestation in the Borough, but their work continues to be impaired 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 people. 68 MORTUARY The public mortuary and post mortem room provided by the Council is situated in the North Circular Road, N.3., adjacent to the Disinfecting Station. In the course of the year 552 bodies were received in the mortuary. |
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