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Housing accommodation applications
Applications made to the Council are normally dealt with by
the Housing Manager, who refers to me those cases in which the
application is based wholly or partly on health grounds, These
cases include applications for transfer from Council tenants, Any
case involving some special feature concerning the Health
Department (e,g, fitness of basement rooms) is also referred to me,
During the year, 1,673 applications were considered for
eligibility for additional points on health grounds in accordance
with the Council's points scheme, A further 2,078 recommendations
were made in respect of Council tenants who requested
transfer to more suitable alternative accommodation on health
grounds,
In my last Report I referred to the new procedure whereby
applicants for rehousing could state on their application forms
any medical reasons which might warrant priority in rehousing
and could give authority for an approach to the family doctor for
detailed information, The new system has now been in operation
for over sixteen months and has proved successful in reducing
the number of requests to general practitioners for medical
certificates in support of rehousing,
FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES
In order to ensure that food businesses are supervised
systematically, an up-to-date register is maintained of all premises
where such business is carried on, Supervision is
governed mainly by powers under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955,
and regulations made thereunder but there are numerous other
Acts of Parliament which relate to specific types of food,
The supervision of catering establishments and premises where
food is sold, stored, manufactured or prepared for sale is carried
out by the public health inspectors in the Food Division, Samples
of food and drugs for analysis by the Public Analyst are obtained
by the public health inspectors of this division and a detailed
account of this work appears later in this section of the report,
The total number of food premises of all kinds on the register
in the Borough is 2,281 and during 1972 they were visited on
7,694 occasions, Details of the various types of food premises
will be found in Table 13 which follows,