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Ventilation under floors provided 31
Other forms of dampness remedied 32
Yards paved and repaired 143
Floors repaired 110
Roofs, Gutters and Rain-water Pipes repaired 361
New Soil and Ventilating Pipes provided 100
Sinks and Waste-pipes repaired or renewed 105
Draw Taps fixed to main supply 14
Dirty Walls and Ceilings stripped and cleansed 1,201
Other Defects or Nuisances remedied 631
Supervision of the Production and Sale of Food.—
Milk.—There is only one cowshed in the district, but there are
42 premises in which milk is retailed. Most of the latter are well
arranged and excellently managed, but there are a few in which
structural alterations will have to be made to enable them to comply
with modern requirements. Whenever a change of tenancy takes
place or new premises are suggested the opportunity is taken of
advising a suitable arrangement of the milk store, of the milk treatment
room, if pasteurisation or cooling or both are undertaken,
and of the washing-up place. As it is considered impossible to
conduct a dairy business without a steam boiler for supplying
a plentiful supply of hot water for cleansing the utensils and of
steam for sterilising them, a boiler is strongly advised and has been
in all cases provided.
During the year ten applications for registration as purveyors
of milk were received. In two, registration was refused as the
premises were unsuitable. One application was from a person
who retailed milk in Ealing but had his premises in an adjoining
district; in this case registration was granted after the receipt
of a satisfactory report from the Medical Officer of Health of the
district.
Meat and Other Foods.—It is the practice of the butchers,
fishmongers and tradesmen in the town to seek the advice of the
Sanitary Inspector when there is any doubt as to the fitness of
food for human consumption. In this way the Inspectors are
assisted in their duties and prosecutions are avoided.