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In addition, the following other articles of food were also
condemned :
Eggs (shell) 3,494
Assorted Articles 1,421
Assorted tins, jars and packets 25,769
There are two private slaughter-houses in the Borough, but
no slaughtering has been carried out in them since 1939.
Housing Statistics.
1. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year :
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 2,301
(2) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1)
above) which were inspected and recorded under the
Housing Act, 1936 1
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 1
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to
under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 1,435
2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal
notices :
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers 1,049