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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Milk, Dairies and
Cream Substitutes
The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1963/65 require any person
producing, treating, storing or distributing milk to be licensed and to comply
with these regulations and with the Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations
1959.
Producers' licences are issued by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food through the County Agricultural Executive Committee. At the end of
1971 there were four such licences current.
Two premises are licensed by the Council for the treatment of milk and 210
premises are licensed for the purpose of distribution. 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:
146 Pasteurised; 166 Sterilised; 94 Ultra-Heat Treated; and 7 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 177 samples examined, only in four 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 the conditions were found to be satisfactory.
Markets, Slaughterhouses
and Knackers' Yards
There is no cattle markets, slaughterhouses or knackers' yards within the
borough. (See Tables 29, 30, 31 and 32).
Housing
Council Housing
At the end of the year 20,165 dwellings were under the control of the
Council - 451 more than the figure for the previous year. This accommodation
included 2,595 one-bedroom, 7,324 two-bedroom, 9,167 three-bedroom
and 316 four- or five-bedroom units.
Nine hundred and twenty-nine applicants on the housing list were rehoused,
as also were 122 homeless families. On 31st December there were 4,648
names on the waiting list, including those of less than twelve months'
standing. Thirty-eight applicants were awarded priority on the grounds of
ill-health or disablement.
I am grateful to the Housing Manager for supplying the above information.
Overcrowding
Housing Act 1957
No statutory action was necessary to abate cases 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 the controller of 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 the Ministry has approved a scheme of registration under
the powers given in the Act of 1969.
Many dwellings are occupied by two or more families, but relatively few are
over-occupied; and with regard to provision of amenities, no formal action
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