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Greater London Housing Survey
In accordance with that Council's responsibilities under the London Government Act, the Director
of Planning of the Greater London Council is arranging for a housing survey to be carried out over the
whole of Greater London early in 1967.
A sample, 4% of the premises on the rating lists, is to be surveyed, and this percentage in the
London Borough of Haringey amounts to 2,880 premises. The Council have agreed that the public health
inspectors whose familiarity with the field of work involved is of the greatest value, will be responsible
for carrying out this survey.
The information required will cover a very wide field. In addition to age, type, manner of occupation
and numbers and kind of rooms involved, the survey will also require information on maintenance,
expected life of the property and parking facilities. Extensive questions regarding possible conversions
or improvements and their probable cost must also be answered.
The whole survey has been designed so that advantage may betaken of modern computer techniques
to assess the existing housing provisions and deficiencies in Greater London against present and future
requirements.
Although it is anticipated the work will take up a considerable amount of time in the Department,
the completed survey should prove of considerable value to the Council, not only in the planning of
future clearance and redevelopment schemes, but also in the organisation of other branches of housing
work such as improvement areas and house to house inspection for the purpose of enforcing Section 9
of the Housing Act 1957.
FOOD HYGIENE
Regular inspection in the light of the Food Hygiene Regulations 1960 of premises used for the
preparation, storage and sale of food intended for human consumption continued to receive special
attention. This work was further extended during the year by the Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and
Delivery Vehicles) Regulations 1966. Although these regulations did not come into operation until
1st January 1967 a considerable amount of preliminary work was necessary to bring their requirements to
the notice of those affected.
Some food businesses carried on by persons from abroad presented particular difficulties. The
tendency in some of these shops is for a large variety of goods to be offered for sale, such as groceries,
green-groceries, butchers' meat, and cooked meats. In one instance, live chickens are kept in the yard
at the rear of the shop where the customer selects the bird, after which it is slaughtered and plucked on
the premises andthen handed to thecustomer. In such conditions frequent visitsare necessary to secure
and maintain the standard of hygiene required by the Food Hygiene Regulations.
The total number of food shops as at 31st December 1966 was as follows:-
Bakers 103
Butchers 177
Cafes and dining rooms 235
Confectioners 539
Fishmongers 84
Fruiterers and greengrocers 241
Grocers 483
Off Licences and public houses 257
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