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About 11 tons of unsound food was allowed to be used for chemical or animal feeding
purposes or for manufacturing purposes other than for human consumption, the remainder being
delivered to, or collected by, the Cleansing Department at whose riverside depot it was mixed with
household refuse, under supervision, and removed by barge to a controlled tipping site in Essex.
Condemnation certificates numbering 979 were issued in respect of unsound food in 1969.
Unsound Food etc - Complaints
Complaints made by members of the public as to the alleged unsound condition, etc, of foods,
and which were investigated during the year, numbered 39.
The complaints referred to
All leged unsound condition
Apple pie 1, cheese 1, custard tart 3, cornish pastie 1, bread 2, pickles 1, ice cream 1,
milk 1, pork 1, pork luncheon meat 1, sausages 1. sausage rolls 14, steak 1, sardines 1.
Alleged dirty condition and, or foreign body or deposit
Chocolate cream 1, bacon 1, milk 1, milk loaf 1, rolls 3, liver sausage 1, spaghetti 1
HOUSING
The number of commonwealth immigrants coming into the borough continues to demand vigilance
to be exercised by all sections of the department not least the environmental health section,
particularly in respect of overcrowding and multiple occupation of dwellings.
Slum Clearance
During the year 6 Clearance Areas were represented involving 268 houses. There were 11 Public
Inquiries and 8 Orders were confirmed.
Underground rooms
The policy of closing basement rooms after rehousing of tenants continued throughout the
year nineteen such rooms being closed.
A number of applications to use basements for storage were approved during the year.
Applications for Rehousing
At the end of the year, there were 6,945 applications for rehousing on the Council's
waiting list, 671 less than last year. Tenants of Council dwellings who have applied for transfer
to larger or smaller accommodation number 830, a decrease of 392 from last year.
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