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were on the register for the sale of preserved foods and 36 as
fish shops. Street stalls from which food was sold numbered 89.
The manufacture of Ice Cream was resumed during the year
and 20 premises were registered for the manufacture, storage;
and/or sale of this commodity.
Heat Treated Milk. —At the request of the Ministry of Food the
Council agreed to the taking of samples of heat treated milk at
regular intervals for submission to the Public Analyst for
phosphatase and methylene blue tests. The taking of samples
was commenced in March and samples as under were taken with
the results set out:—
Satisfactory Failed Satisfactory Failed
Phosphatase Methylene Blue
Pasteurised 1 - 1 -
Heat Treated 25 2 26 -
Sterilised 20 — 20 -
Housing.
Number of new houses or tenements erected during the year 14 1
Number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects... 4,498
(22,291 inspections)
Number of dwelling-houses found hot to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation —
(i) Dealt with under Housing Act Nil
(ii) Dealt with under Public Health (London) Act 2,080
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit by informal
action Nil
Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Statutory
Housing Act notices were served requiring" repairs Nil
Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Public
Health Act notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 2,080
(2,530 intimation notices)
Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices —
(i) By owners 1,515
(1,716 intimation notices complied with)
(ii) By Local Authority in defualt of owners -
Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were made Nil
Housing Accommodation. —For some eight months in the year
one Sanitary Inspector was engaged exclusively on the investigation
and report of applications for housing accommodation. The work,
however, grew to such an extent that it became necessary to spread
it out over all the sanitary inspectorial staff, and a considerble
portion of their time was taken up in this work.