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12 samples of Condensed Milk were purchased for analysis
and all were found to be up to standard.
13 licenses were issued under the Milk (Special Designations)
Order.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
The general sanitary supervision has been maintained and
in this connection 3943 inspections have been made. As a consequence
of these inspections it was necessary to serve 16
Statutory Orders and 44 Intimation Notices. No legal proceedings
were necessary.
Tenement Houses were inspected and the only common lodging
house in the City was kept under regular supervision.
HOUSING.
The total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing
defects was 126 and 32 were found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation. 24 were rendered fit as a
result of informal action by the inspectors and 7 statutory notices
were served requesting defects to be remedied.
Overcrowding in the City of London is not very prevalent,
it exists in only 11 premises.
On the 4th May, in pursuance of Section 12 of the Housing
Act, 1936, a Closing Order was made in respect of part of Barkers
Buildings, Catherine Wheel Alley. Alternative accommodation in
Corporation property was offered to the tenants but owing to the
contingencies of the War, the Order had not become operative at
the end of the Year and negotiations were still in progress.
FACTORY ACT, 1937.
The total number of premises on the register is 4077.
These have been under such supervision as has been possible
having regard to their needs.
There are four above ground bakehouses and four underground
bakehouses.
The provisions of the Act relating to outworkers have been
carried out as heretofore.
No case of infectious disease was reported in connection
with outworkers' premises in the City.
SHOPS ACT, 1934.
594 shops and warehouses have been inspected and where
necessary re-inspected. Any defects found have been remedied without
recourse to legal proceedings. In cases where satisfactory
alternative sanitary accommodation was available and it was not
practicable to make provision on the premises, exemption certificates
were granted.
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933.
74 persons were registered under this Act 5 of whom were
new registrations during 1939.
FERTILIZERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1926.
The provisions of the above Act were carried out without
recourse to legal proceedings or especial difficulty.