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REPORT ON HOUSING NEEDS IN THE DISTRICT, 1938
To the fifty-nine cases of overcrowding discovered at the
Survey carried out in 1935/36, twenty-six more cases had been
added by the 31st December, 1938. Fifteen of these are border-line
cases where the increasing ages of the children had created overcrowding.
Up to the same date, sixty-nine cases had been abated—
fifteen by the provision of accommodation in Corporation houses.
At the end of the year there were thirteen registered overcrowded
cases—seven being resident on the Corporation Housing Estates
and all needing houses with more than four bedrooms.
Progress is being made in building more Corporation Houses
and a careful investigation has been made of the living conditions
of applicants already on the waiting list.
I am still of the opinion that 150 houses are required to meet
the needs of the cases in the district where the living accommodation
is decidedly unsatisfactory.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOODS
MILK.
Milk was again subjected to bacteriological supervision. The
results were very satisfactory. Over 89 per cent, of the samples
of ordinary milk purchased in the winter months complied with the
standard for Pasteurised milk, and 69 per cent, of the summer
samples reached this standard.
Bacillus coli was found to be present in many of the specimens
examined. In the summer months it was more frequent, but in
the winter months it was present in only about 7 per cent, of the
samples.
These results are a great improvement upon those of last year.
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