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Wholesale Margarine Dealers and Butter
facturers.—At the end of the year there were on the register
21 wholesale dealers in margarine and 4 butter manufacturers.
One hundred and twenty-four samples of butter were taken for
analysis and three were found to be adulterated. Ten samples of
margarine were obtained, all genuine.
Bakehouses.-The total number of bakehouses in actual use
in the borough is 57—of which 23 are above ground, and 34 below
ground. All the bakehouses are periodically inspected. In 1914,
the number of visits paid was 138. Notices for cleansing and
dilapidations were issued in 27 instances. These were all complied
with.
HOUSING.
The number of habitable houses in the borough on March 31st,
1914, was 7,545. Of this number, 1,667 were let in two or more
habitable hereditaments. The number of small separate occupations
was 10,315. In this calculation are included 51 blocks of
artisans' dwellings, containing 4,424 separate occupations. Each
block is regarded as one house. The houses of gross annual
value of £40 or under numbered 4,369. The lettings in tenement
houses are not separately rateable. It may be taken that the
whole of the separate occupations given above, 10,315, are under
£40 gross annual value.
Mitre Court.—In 1914, the four houses—1, 2, 3, 4, Mitre
Court—were separately represented by the Medical Officer of
Health as being unfit for human habitation. The Borough
Council made closing orders in respect of these houses on April
2nd, 1914. They were subsequently demolished.
The Medical Officer of Health issued a report on the property
to the Council, which dealt with the following matters:—
1. The site and location.
2. A general description of the property, of its approach,
and of the surrounding premises.
3. The families and occupants of each house. The number
of adults and children.