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(21) INFRINGEMENTS OF MILK & DAIRIES REGULATIONS,
&c.—
Defective dairy floors and paving 4
„ sanitary fittings 3
Dirty dairies 9
„ conveniences 1
Unsuitable storage for bottle discs 1
Insufficient ventilation in dairies 1
Illegal bottling of milk1
Vehicles not labelled 2
Drain opening into dairy 1
Cowshed requiring limewashing 2
Cowshed insufficiently lighted 1
Defective floor to cowshed 1
Sanitary Certificates.
On application, an intending or actual occupier or owner,
may have a sanitary survey made of the house, to ascertain
whether there are conditions existing which may be injurious to
health or requiring attention. In each case an examination is
made of the premises and the drains are tested.
During 1935 requests were made in connection with 28
houses.
The following defects were ascertained in consequence of
these inspections:—
Defective gutters 1
„ downspouts 2
„ drains 15
„ sanitary fittings 6
„ w.c.'s 2
„ yard paving 1
Dampness 2
Offensive accumulation 1
Rent Restriction Acts.
A number of applications were received for certificates ns to
the condition of repair of the houses concerned. In 34 instances
where the Acts applied certificates were granted. In 12 instances
certificates were given to owners stating that the work had been
carried out.
HOUSING.
Individual Unfit Houses.
In the Five Year Plan it was estimated that some 150 individual
unfit houses were subject to be dealt with in the Borough.
Up to the end of 1935, 91 houses had been approved for demolition,
and demolition orders had been made; 55 houses had been
actually demolished, the tenants being re-housed, when they
desired, by the Council; 259 persons were displaced.