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complied with, and the work was done in respect of these two houses
by a contractor on behalf of the Borough Council at a cost of £67.
At the end of the year a re-inspection of houses on the estate of the
Cadogan and Hans-place Estate Company was made, the houses being
in the following streets Little Orford-street, Orford-street, Woodstreet,
Leverett-street, Denyer-street, Green-street (s. side), Francisstreet,
and Oakham-street. Most of these houses were inspected in
June, 1919 (see Annual Eeport for 1919, p. 15). As a result of this
inspection in 1920 of 159 houses, 180, or 82 per cent, were found to have
defects as to sanitary conditions or want of repair, and in 19, or 12 per
cent., there were minor defects of a less serious character. The owners
of the Estate Company were communicated with, a complete list of the
houses and defects being forwarded. As the result of an interview on
the 17th February, 1921, between the representatives of the Company
and the Town Clerk and Medical Officer of Health, the latter were
informed that the defects ascertained to exist were being proceeded
with as fast as possible, and that practically the whole revenue of the
Estate, with the exception of establishment charges, was, and for some
time past, had been devoted to necessary repairs to the houses on the
Estate.
By resolution of the Borough Council of the 17th December, 1919,
the administration of the provisions of the Housing of the Working
Classes Acts, and Housing and Town Planning Acts, 1890 to 1919, and
any amendments thereof, were transferred from the Public Health Committee
to a newly appointed Housing Committee, the executive functions
being placed in the hands of the Surveyor's Department. New housing
schemes have been under the consideration of the Housing Committee
since the end of the year 1919.
Sale of Food and Dbugs Acts.
Of the 398 samples taken for analysis in 1920, 126 were milk, 121
being genuine, and 5 adulterated, equivalent to 4-1 per cent, of the total
milks examined, as against 3-7 per cent, in 1919, 13-8 per cent, in 1918,
8-1 per cent, in 1917, and 6-0 per cent, in 1916. Of the 5 adulterated
samples, proceedings were taken in two cases, namely, 13-7 per cent.
of added water, vendor fined £5 and £1 lis. 6d. costs; 7 per cent. of
fat abstracted, vendor fined £1 and 10s. 6d. costs. In the three other
cases, the amounts of adulteration were considered insufficient for legal
proceedings, namely, 5.3 per cent. of fat abstracted; 2.3 per cent. of
fat abstracted, and 2.6 per cent. of added water; and 4.7 per cent. of
fat abstracted. The vendors of these samples were cautioned.
The other samples were, butter, 19 samples, all genuine; margarine,
27 samples, all genuine; oatmeal, 18 samples, all genuine; coffee, 34
samples, all genuine; coffee mixtures, 11 samples, all genuine; sago,
9 samples, all genuine; rice, 19 samples, all genuine; lard, 36 samples,
all genuine; cornflour, 9 samples, all genuine: rice cornflour, 1 sample,
genuine; mustard, 6 samples, all genuine; mustard mixtures, 3 samples,
all genuine ; sugar, 17 samples, all genuine, and 9 samples, genuine,
but containing traces of iron salts, so as to be unsuitable for use in tea;
cocoa, 27 samples, all genuine; baking powder, 9 samples, all genuine;
tea, 9 samples, all genuine; and pepper, 9 samples, all genuine.