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Acton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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large families in poor circumstances is partly mitigated, but no one
imagines that this state of affairs is satisfactory. They are mentioned
in this connection, because we are apt sometimes to look upon the
question of overcrowding apart from the factors which enter into
the causation, and which have more far reaching effects than the
overcrowding itself.
Number of Houses erected during the year:—
(a) Total (including number given separately
under (b) 124
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts:—
(i) By the Local Authority —
(ii) By other bodies or persons —
Section E.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.
There are no cowsheds in the Borough, all the milk being
produced outside.
There are 120 persons or firms retailing milk in the district under the following categories:—
| Dairymen. | Purveyors of Milk | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. with rounds net occupying premises in the Borough. | No. with rounds ocupying premises in the Borough. | No. of General shops from which milk is sold from covered pans only | No. of shops from which milk is sold in closed and unopened receptacles only |
| 13 | 16 | 2 | 89 |