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Although many of these are located at some distance from the Greater London area they will, in time,
attract a large part of its overspill population by re-locating industries and continuing the co-operation which
now exists between them, the Ministry of Labour and the Housing Departments of nearly all Greater
London Boroughs.
Throughout the year 530 new claims for Council tenancies were registered from families of two or
more persons and a further 81 applications were recorded from single elderly persons for bedsitting-room
lettings. At the 31st December 1963 the housing waiting list numbered 2,141 applications.
Families assisted in the course of the year were as follows
(a) Rehoused into permanent pre-war dwellings 87
(b) Rehoused into permanent post-war dwellings 110
(c) Transferred so as to resolve cases of overcrowding or underoccupation
of Council dwellings. 156
PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTION
The following inspections were made by the Public Health Inspectors during the year:—
Number of
Inspections Reinspections.
General Public Health Inspections
Dwelling-houses (in connection with defects or
insanitary conditions) 1,688 2,747
Caravans 131 113
Certificates of Disrepair (Rent Act, 1957) 6 18
Cesspools 79 95
Drain Tests 207 120
Drainage and Plumbing Works 362 1,227
Overcrowding 39 17
Pests 217 181
Vermin 259 66
Atmospheric Pollution
Smoke Observations. Number 355 —
Volumetric Smoke Measuring Apparatus-
attendances at 770 —
Smoke Control Areas—inspections of premises 1,614 1,733
Bonfires 103 67
Food Premises
Bakehouses 27 41
Bakers and Confectioners 44 27
Butchers 117 177
Canteens 40 15
Confectioners (Sweets) 38 31
Dairies and Milk Distributors 15 2
Fishmongers 19 31
Greengrocers and Fruiterers 102 126
Grocers and Provisions Merchants 360 396
Hawkers' Storage Premises 30 8
Ice Cream—premises from which ice-cream is sold 166 126
Preserved Foods—premises registered for preparation of 90 51
Restaurants and Cafes 281 350
School Meals kitchens and Canteens 18 8
Other Food Shops 10 9
Hawkers' and Food Delivery Vans 27 13
Unsound Food 68 36
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