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Bacteriological Work. The number of examinations made was 877, which
Included 597 for diphtheria and 267 for tuberculosis. 22 of the
former and 31 of the latter were positive.
Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts. 77 applications for
certificates were made, 75 of which were granted. In 4 cases legal
proceedings were instituted for failure to complete Rent Books as
required by the Regulations.
Factories Act 1937. Inspections totalled 683. Defects found
numbered 76, 59 of which had been remedied by the end of the year.
No legal proceedings were necessary.
Bakehouses. 3 basement bakehouses were closed during the year. At
the end of the year the number of level bakehouses was 31, and of
underground 36. Inspections numbered 301.
Shops Acts. First inspections numbered 37, and re-inspections 1362.
No exception certificates were applied for, and no legal proceedings
were necessary.
Work of the District Inspectors.
Number of complaints received 2055
Number of first inspections 1793
Number of re-inspections 15410
Tenement Houses The number of houses on the register at the close
"of the year was 2403. Inspections totalled 7,729 and legal
proceedings were instituted in respect of 84 nuisances and
contraventions of the Byelaws.908 tenement houses were inspected
in connection with annual cleansing and notices were served where
necessary.
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Food Supervision.
Six hundred samples were taken during the year, of which 16 (2.66
per cent) were found to be adulterated. Three hundred and ten of these
samples were of milk, 6 (3.39 per cent) being not genuine. Legal
proceedings were taken where deemed necessary, and in some cases the
sending of a warning letter was considered sufficient.
The total weight of food surrendered by tradesmen and dealers for
destruction was 1 ton, 10 ???wts, 0 qrs, 11 lbs.
Two hundred end ninety-one visits were paid to the one slaughterhouse
in the Borough. The number of animals slaughtered comprised 232
bullocks and 2053 sheep.
Some 600 inspections of the 195 dairies and milkshops were made, and
4,975 inspections of food purveyors' premises, which number approximated
1000.
Licences issued under the Milk (Special Designations) Order 1936
numbered 89. Twenty-six samples of "Pasteurised" milk were taken, which
with one exception, complied with the prescribed test.
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