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Milk supplied to Schools and Hospitals.
Samples of milk in course of delivery to Schools and Hospitals
in the Borough are regularly taken, both for chemical analysis and,
where the milk is supplied under a " Special Designation," for submission
to the prescribed tests for such milk. These samples are
included in the general totals given on pages 32, 33 and 34. The results
of the analyses and tests are communicated to the London County
Council or to the appropriate Hospital Management Committee.
Ice Cream.
Eighty-three samples of ice cream were taken during the year,
each sample being submitted to the presumptive test for coliform
organisms in 3 tubes at 1/10 ml. dilution, and to the methylene blue
test, in accordance with the technique suggested by the Ministry of
Health. The following is a summary of the results : —
Coliform Test.
Methylene Blue Test.
Negative 51
Provisional Grade 1 44
Positive in 1 tube 4
2 17
„ „
3 ...... 11
„ „ 2 tubes 3
„ „ 3 tubes 25
4 ...... 11
83
83
These results show a marked improvement over those recorded
in previous years.
Where samples of ice cream made at premises in the Borough
received unsatisfactory reports, the premises, plant, and methods of
operation were examined, and, where possible, improvements were
suggested.
Housing.
Provision of New Accommodation.
During the year, the erection of 60 new flats by the Council was
completed 42 flats in two blocks at Tyneham Close and 18 at Holmside
Court.
By the end of the year work was well in hand on a block of
17 flats on the Nightingale Lane/Hendrick Avenue site. Work was
also in hand on the Bolingbroke Grove/Salcott Road site, where four
blocks comprising 64 flats were in course of erection; on a third
block of 22 flats at Tyneham Close; and on the St. John's Hill and
Westbridge Road sites.
During the year, acquisition of further sites, with a view to their
redevelopment as housing sites, was under consideration by this
Council.
The rebuilding, by the owners, of 23 houses on a privately owned
housing estate, demolished by enemy action, was completed during
the year, together with 6 other similarly demolished houses in various
Parts of the Borough. Four flats at Eaton House which were badly
damaged by enemy action were also rebuilt by the Council.