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Appended below is a summary of improvements effected
under the Rents Restriction Act:—
(a) Rent reduced from 18/4d. per week to 15/4d.
(b) Rent reduced from £1 2s. 6d. per week to £1. 1s. 6d.
(c) Several references were recommended to the Rents
Tribunal under the Furnished Houses (Rent control) Act, 1946,
and the Landlord and Tenant (Rent control) Act, 1949, with
satisfactory results.
D (13) Legal Proceedings
Statute Offence Penalty
Article 2. Labelling of Food Order 1946 (Offence in 1950) Misdescription of drinking chocolate Fined £25 and £10 10s.0d. costs.
Section 269 Public Health Act, 1936 (1) Occupying land without licence. Fined 40/- (2) Keeping moveable dwelling on land without licence. Fined 20/-
Metropolitan Police prosecution (Evidence by Senior Sanitary Inspector) (1) Larceny of Corporation kitchen waste. Fined 20/- (2) Larceny of Corporation kitchen waste. Fined 20/-
Section 95 Public Health Act 1936 Failing to comply with Nuisance Order granted by Magistrates' Court. Fined 60/- and 13/6 costs
SECTION E—WATER SUPPLY—MILK AND FOOD
AND DRUGS, ETC.
E (1) Water Supply
The water supply in the district is supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board, and, though possessing a considerable
degree of hardness, (30.8°), is palatable and of good quality.
The supply is led direct into the premises served, no standpipes
being known to exist.
Two monthly samples have been regularly obtained and
submitted to the Kent County Council's Laboratory for
examination, with satisfactory results.
Detailed report on a sample submitted for chemical
examination is as follows:—