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Housing Acts, 1957—1964
(a) Improvement of Houses
Grants are available to improve existing houses by providing running hot water,
bathroom, internal water closets, etc. Under the Housing Act 1964, it is possible for
tenants to ask the local authority to require the owner to provide these facilities.
Under the same Act it is also possible to declare Improvement Areas. In these areas,
owners are required to bring their properties up to a reasonable standard. Considerable
publicity has been given during the year to these grants and it is hoped to
extend this type of work during the coming years.
Details of work carried out under this heading are as follows:—
Dwellings where discretionary grants were made 42
Dwellings where standard grants were made 199
(b) Compulsory Improvement of Dwellings (Housing Act 1964)
Improvement Areas declared to end of 1968 1
Dwellings improved in such areas as a result of formal action during
1968 9
Total to end of 1968 30
Dwellings, outside improvement areas, improved as a result of action
following representation by tenants during 1968 4
Total to end of 1968 12
RENT ACT, 1957
The following table shows the applications for certificates of disrepair dealt with
during the year 1968.

MILK
The Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959
At the end of the year there were 226 persons registered for the distribution of milk
from premises within the borough.
There are no premises in the borough used as dairies.
Milk (Special Designations) Licences
Licences to expire on December 31, 1970, were issued during the year as follows:

Examination of heat-treated milk
43 samples of heat-treated milk were submitted for examination during the year.
Two samples of pasteurised milk failed the methylene blue test. All of the other
samples were found to be satisfactory.
Analysis of milk
During the year under review 91 samples of milk were submitted to the public analyst
by the Council's inspectors and all found to be genuine.
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