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It was necessary to serve intimation notices under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936, in respect of 1,152 houses,
and in 304 houses the service of nuisance notices was necessary.
OVERCROWDING.
82 dwellings were recorded as overcrowded at the end
of the year.
Six cases of overcrowding, representing 32 persons: have
been abated during the year. The smallness of this number
is accounted for by all available accommodation being required
for bombed-out families.
SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
There are four inspectors engaged in the supervision of
the food supply.
The number of separate food premises is 2,393, and during
1944 thev were inspected on 25,218 occasions.
There are 136 registered dairies and 138 persons registered
to sell milk from premises other than dairies.
The bulk of the milk sold by retail within the Borough
is sent out in bottles filled in properly constructed dairies,
and its quality is good.
582 samples were submitted for analysis. 574 of these were
genuine, with an average fat content of 3.66 per cent.
11 samples of milk were submitted for bacteriological
examination and the phosphatase test. All were reported
genuine and complying with the standard laid down.
69 licences for the sale of designated milks were granted
during the year—34 for Tuberculin Tested milk, 34 for Pasteurised
Milk, and one for Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised)
Milk.
There are three slaughterhouses in the Borough, but only
one is used at the present. 126 animals were inspected either
before or after slaughter.
There are now 39 war-time piggeries in the Borough.
192 inspections were made.
Since the outbreak of the war, a Wholesale Meat Depot
has been established at 666, Garratt Lane, for the reception
and distribution of meat slaughtered outside the Borough.
This Depot is visited daily by the Food Inspectors, who
made 1,145 visits during the year. During these visits
quantities of meat were found to be unfit for human consumption.
Most of this was the result of decomposition
caused by delays in transportation from the places
where the animals were slaughtered. After condemnation, the
meat was released for industrial purposes.