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It cannot be said that the number of samples taken in
Battersea, viz., 700 yearly, is at all adequate to the needs of
the district. There are registered in the Borough no less than
254 milk-sellers, and a large amount of milk is sold in the
Borough by vendors who live in, and are registered in, other
districts. Each of these traders should be sampled at least
twice a year, and some of them much more frequently. Considerably
more than 700 samples of milk should be taken yearly,
and the total number of samples taken should be at least 1,000.
From the beginning of the present year the Public
Analyst has arranged to supply the Medical Officer of Health
with returns, showing the percentage proportion of fat and
of non-fatty solids in every sample of milk submitted to him
for analysis, whether the sample be found to be adulterated or
genuine. This information will be of the greatest value in the
administration of the Food and Drugs Acts, as, amongst other
advantages, it will indicate the traders whose milk calls for
more frequent analysis.
Town Hall Mousing Estate.
The Council's Housing Estate at the rear of the Town
Hall, was opened by the Mayor (Councillor W. J. West, J.P.)
on March 11th, and the dwellings were all occupied shortly after
that date. There are 18 houses on the estate, 14 of which
contain two three-room tenements each, and the remaining 4
two two-room tenements each. The total number of dwellings
is 36, and the number of rooms 100. The height of each living
room and of each bedroom is 8 feet 9 inches. In the threeroom
tenements the air space varies in the living rooms from
1,234 to 1,350 cubic feet, and in the bedrooms from 1,027 to
1,377 cubic feet; in the two-room tenements the air space varies
in the living rooms from 1,283 to 1,535 cubic feet, and in the
bedrooms from 918 to 984 cubic feet. Each tenement is selfcontained,
having its own front door opening on the street, is
wired for electric light, and is provided with a ventilated larder,
a dresser, blinds, and the Cornes combined kitchen-range, copper
and bath. There are picture rails in all the rooms, each