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4. Housing Act, 1935. Overcrowding:—
(а) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 2,428
(ii) „ „ families dwelling therein 2,428
(iii) ,, „ "equivalent " persons dwelling therein 11,251
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year 14
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 115
(ii) „ ,, " equivalent" persons concerned in such cases 606½
(d) Number of cases in which dwelling-houses have again become
overcrowded after the local authority have taken steps for the
abatement of overcrowding Nil
Note—The " number of equivalent persons " is obtained by counting children between the
ages-of one and ten years as " half-persons."
FOOD SUPPLY.
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.—The council have decided that a number of samples
of milk shall be taken each year for the purpose of examination for the presence of tubercle bacilli.
In the year 1936 twenty samples were so taken, and only one was found to contain tubercle
bacilli. The sample in this case was taken from a road tank arriving in Kensington. The result
of the examination was communicated to the medical officer of health of the county in which the
milk was produced, when it was found that 48 farms were implicated. The total number of cows
examined was 1,027, of which seven were found to be diseased and were slaughtered.
Composition of Milk Samples.—Of the 367 formal samples of milk taken under the Food and
Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, in 1936, ten were found to be adulterated.
This statement does not give any indication of the general quality of the milk supplied in
the borough, and it will therefore be interesting to note from the following table the average
composition of the samples taken :—

The table shows that the average fat and non-fatty solid content for each month of the year
is well above the legal standard, and makes it clear that suspicion should fall on every sample which
at any time of the year shows a fat content as low as three per cent.