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flooding with the consequential risk of pollution of water
supplied to residents of the borough from this source of supply.
Members of the staff of the Public Health Department were immediately
informed of the advice to be given to residents and the
action to be taken by them in the event of any suspicion of contamination.
Posters were also circulated throughout the Borough, advising
residents to boil all water used for domestic purposes.
HOUSING
23 families were accommodated in prefabricated houses during
the year.
300 families were rehoused in requisitioned property in
ance with Ministry of Health Circular 2845.
70 families were accomodated in Council Plats.
1030 inspections in connection with Housing were carried out
by the Sanitary Inspectors.
8 underground rooms were closed in accordance with the provisions
of Section 12, Housing Act 1936.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
MILK.
66 premises of purveyors resident in the Borough, and 66 other
purveyors operating in the area from premises registered elsewhere
were on the register.
The Sanitary Inspectors made 110 visits to milk shops and dairy
premises.
MILK (Special Designations) ORDER.
1 licence to pasteurise, 7 licences and 19 supplementary licences
to sell designated milk were granted in 1947.
HEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
There are two premises in the Borough which have been licenced as
slaughterhouses, but which are not now so used, and which have not
been put to other use.
No applications were received during 1947 for the renewal of licences
in respect of these premises owing to the centralisation of slaughtering
by the Ministry of Pood.