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(g) Bakehouses.
There are 136 bakehouses on the Register compared with 222,
214, 214 and 140 for the years, 1901, 1911, 1921 and 1931
respectively; 33 are underground and machinery is
installed in 44.
(h) Food Premises, see page 65.
Smoke Abatement.
Metal plates containing suggestions to avoid the unnecessary
emission of smoke have been distributed to all firms using hand-
and oil-fired boilers in the area. These have been fixed
prominently in the stokeholds and are appreciated.
No. of complaints received 74
No. of intimation Notices served 74
No. of observations made 74
Every effort is made to enlist co-operation with industry by the
sanitary inspectors in order to reduce the waste and nuisance from
smoke.
Schools.
No schools in the district are under the control of the Borough
Council as the County Council is the Education Authority.
Close touch is kept with the school authorities, however, in so far
as infectious disease is concerned.
Housing.
Clearance Areas.
In the course of the year representations were made by the
County Medical Officer, and clearance areas were declared in respect
of 582 houses, in connection with which 34 other houses were
included in grey land. The persons displaced and for whom
accommodation will be provided number 4,797. The premises
were confirmed in orders regarding the following areas : Park Place,
Ethelm Street (Areas No. 1 and No. 2), Tanswell Street, Tyers
Street, Princes Buildings, and Bloomfield Place. There are a number
of other large areas upon which the County Council propose in the
near future to make Clearance Orders. The small areas number
59, comprising some 500 or more houses upon which the intention is
to declare orders to insure the demolition of the houses but, as the
areas in themselves are too small to be utilised for rehousing
purposes, the development of the sites will be left in the hands of
the owners of the land. The County Council made an offer to deal
with approximately half these small areas in addition to assuming