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20.
HOUSING.
Individual Unfit Houses.
No demolition order was made by the Local Authority and no house
was found to be in a state so dangerous, or injurious to health, as to be
unfit for human habitation.
Inspection of dwellinghouses during the year:-
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts.) 1587
Number of inspections made for the purpose. 3025
Number of dwelling-houses found not to be in all
respects reasonably fit for human habitation. 485
Remedy of defects without service of Formal Notices:-
Number of dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or
their officers 450
Proceedings under Public Health Acts;-
Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Notices
were served requiring defects to be remedied 35
Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices;-
(a) By Owner 34
(b) By Local Authority in default of Owners
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
1382 inspections were made at premises where food intended for
sale for human consumption was prepared, stored or sold.
MILK SUPPLY.
Number of registered dairymen and purveyors of milk 13
Number of registered premises 32
Number of cowkeepers 6
Number of farms where milk is bottled on the
premises 4
168 special visits have been made to secure cleanliness of dairies
and dairy farms and for protecting milk against contamination.
There is one pasteurising establishment in the district and during
the past year 87 samples of bottled pasteurised milk taken immediately after
machine capping were submitted for bacteriological examination. One of the
samples failed to comply with the requirements of the Milk (Special
Designations) Order, 1936 - 1941, the bacteria exceeding 100,000 per