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HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
The number on the register remains as for 1914, namely, 280, none having
been added during the year. The visits of inspection numbered 287, and some
146 intimations with 49 statutory notices, were served in connection with them
during the course of the year.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS.
No applications were received during the year as regards the inspection of
houses for the purposes of the above Acts.
CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE CIVIL AND MILITARY SANITARY
AUTHORITIES.
Billets and quarters occupied by troops in the Borough were subject to
regular inspection by the sanitary officers of the Borough throughout the year.
Considerable improvement was noted as regards the quarters occupied. Generally
the condition both of billets and quarters may be reported as very satisfactory
from a sanitary point of view. Weekly reports in accordance with instructions
were rendered to the Deputy Director of Medical Services for the London District.
It is also to be mentioned that there was a considerable interchange of information
between the sanitary authority and the military in respect to infectious disease.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
The licensed slaughter houses in the Borough at the end of the year numbered
three, the use of two having been discontinued. They were subject to the usual
inspection and their general condition may be reported as satisfactory.
COWHOUSES.
The cowhouses on the register numbered 5, the use of one situate at No. 7,
Mintern Street having been discontinued early in the year. Four were found in a
satisfactory sanitary condition. The fifth was in a dirty and dilapidated condition
and the renewal of the licence was objected to by the Borough Council. The
licence was, however, renewed on the understanding that the necessary steps
would be taken to remedy the defects which were the grounds of the Council's
objection. Cows are only kept at two of the licensed premises; on October 18th
some 31 cows were numbered in the Borough.
The number of dairymen and milk purveyors on the register at the end of the
year was 291. During the year the sale of milk was discontinued at 17 and
commenced at 15 premises, and in 35 instances there were changes in the names of
the persons registered. The premises where milk is sold were under observation
throughout the year, and some 2,614 visits were made in connection with them.
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