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(2) Proceedings under Public Health Act, 1936 :
(a) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 50
(b) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices :
(i) By owners 42
(ii) By Local Authority in default of owners —
(iii) Partly complied with but not yet complete —
(3) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the
Housing Act, 1936:
(a) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made or Undertakings
given —
(b) Number of dwelling houses demolished in
pursuance of Demolition Orders —
(4) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act,
1936:
(a) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
made —
(b) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the tenement or room having been
rendered fit —
OVERCROWDING
Fifty cases of overcrowding were abated during the year and
thirty-one new cases were discovered making a net decrease of
nineteen in the number of cases still to be dealt with.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
The bacteriological examination of samples of milk, ice cream,
water and miscellaneous foods is carried out at the Public Health
Laboratory, Ealing, and I am indebted to the Director and Staff
of the Laboratory for their ready assistance at all times. Details
of the samples submitted will be found elsewhere in this report
under their respective headings.
(a) Milk Supply :
A register of Dairies and Milk Distributors (other than dairy
farms and farmers) is maintained and the numbers shown on the
register are :
Milk Distributors 21
Dairies 10