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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
The Milk (Special Designations) Specified Areas Order 1951 restricts the
sale of milk by retail to the designated milks, i.e. Pasteurised, Sterilised,
Ultra Heat Treated and Untreated. Dealers' licences were issued under the
following designations: 132 Pasteurised; 158 Sterilized; 56 Ultra-Heat
Treated; and 23 Untreated.
Milk is supplied in bulk tankers to the processing dairies from a wide area.
Supplies are sampled regularly to check the bacteriological content of the
milk. Of the 172 samples examined only in seven instances were the
results unsatisfactory. The quality of pasteurised milk supplied to schools
continued to be satisfactory.
The Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations 1959 make provisions in respect
of hygiene, construction, equipment and cleansing of premises where milk
is produced, processed, handled or stored. Regular inspections were
carried out and conditions were found to be satisfactory.
Markets,
Slaughterhouses and
Knackers' Yards
There are no cattle markets, slaughterhouses or knackers' yards within the
area.
Housing
Council Housing
At the end of the year 19,714 dwellings were under the control of the
Council—807 more than the figure for the previous year. Accommodation
included 2,851 one-bedroom, 7,162 two-bedroom and 9,032 three-bedroom
units.
Nine hundred and forty-seven applicants on the housing list were re-housed,
as also were 129 homeless families. Eighteen applicants were approved
for more suitable accommodation because of disablement, health or social
problems.
On 31st December there were 6,719 names on the waiting list, including
those of less than 12 months standing. Twenty-nine applicants were
awarded priority on grounds of ill-health or disablement.
I am grateful to the Housing Manager for supplying the above information.
Overcrowding
Housing Act 1957
Statutory action was taken to abate one case of overcrowding as defined
by the Housing Act 1957.
Houses in multiple
Occupation
Housing Acts 1957,
1961,1964 and 1969
A local authority may require a person controlling a house in multiple
occupation to provide certain amenities and may limit the number of persons
in that house. The Council has adopted standards in respect of both overcrowding
and amenities, and has also submitted to the Ministry for approval
a scheme of registration under powers given in the Act of 1969.
An appreciable number of dwelling houses are occupied by two or more
families, but relatively few are over-occupied; and with regard to provision
of amenities, formal action was necessary in only seven cases. Despite this,
however, public health inspectors paid no less than 852 visits to houses in
multiple occupation.
Slum Clearance and
Individual Unfit Houses
One clearance area comprising five unfit properties was confirmed by the
Minister of Housing and Local Government. New clearance areas, of which
there were seven, comprised 45 unfit properties. Three hundred and sixtytwo
dwellings were demolished in areas subject to compulsory purchase
orders.
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