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Mortuary During the year 254 bodies were received into the
Mortuary.
Shops Act. Inspections numbered 205 and 8 notices were served.
Factories. The inspections of factories numbered 929 and 30
notices were served mainly for the remedying of inadequate
ventilation.
Outworkers Premises. Visits to these premises totalled 173?
no notices had to be served.
Rag and Bone Dealer. A dealer was prosecuted for exchanging toys
for old clothes; he was fined 5s.
HOUSING.
Inspections of Dwelling Houses. The number of house-to-house
inspections up to August, was 1,785 (224 being first inspections).
The number of intimation Notices served was 148 and the number of
Statutory Notices 9. The number of inspections of houses after
complaint, occurrence of infectious disease, or applications under
the Rent Restriction Acts was 12,465 (3,550 being first inspections).
The number of intimation notices served was 1,53° and the number
of Statutory notices 319.
Demolition and Closing Orders, Orders "were made for the demolition
of two houses which were duly demolished. Orders were also made
for the closing for human habitation of ten rooms.
Overcrowding During the year four families obtained accommodation
on London County Council estates and 30 on Borough Council
estates. It was not possible to make the usual survey of overcrowded
families at the end of the year so that no statistics
as to the extent of such conditions are available.
Disinfestation. During the year 116 families had their furniture
treated by HCN process prior to removal to a Borough Council estate.
The treatment of rooms found to be infested with vermin was
continued during the year, 236 such rooms being treated.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk. Samples taken numbered 563 and only two or 0.36 per cent,
were found to be adulterated; in one case there was 3.9 P er cent,
added water and in the other there was 4 per cent, fat abstracted.
Food and Drugs Act, 1958. During the year 1,000 samples of food
and drugs were submitted to the Public Analyst and 22 (or 2.2%)
were reported to be adulterated. The following are the comments
of the Public Analyst these adulterated samples (it is regretted
that it is not possible to publish his complete report at the moment)
Total samples Number Adulterated
Article examined, "Formal, Informal. Remarks,
Butter 87 1 1 16.2 & 16,8% of water.
Cheese 10.3 2 44,6, 46.6, 41,7,
47.3 & 44.2% of water.
Cider 4 2 - 0.7& 0.9 parts of
lead per million.
Jam I 12 - 1 82 parts of sulphur
dioxiae per million.
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