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Inspections and Visits made by the Housing Inspector.
1. House-to-house inspections to compile
evidence for use in:-
"Sidney street Redevelopment Area" 21
"Cornwall street Area" 12
2. Inspection of dwellings to ascertain if
rehousing justified on grounds of health 177
3. Inspection of underground rooms with a
view to closure 112
4. Inspection of other underground rooms 5
5. Inspections for Overcrowding 1089
6. Inspection of dwellings with a view to
requisitioning 7
7. Inspections to ascertain Permitted Number
under the Housing Act, 1936 5
8. Inspections under Sections 9 and 10
of the Housing Act, 1936 -
9. Inspections under Section 11 of the
Housing Act, 1936 95
10. Visits with regard to issue of building
licences and essentiality certificates 296
11. Miscellaneous visits 272
V. INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
During the year special attention has been paid to
restaurants, canteens and eating houses and there was an
increase of 405 in the number of inspections made to these
premises as compared with the previous year. With a view
to encouraging this type of trade, the Council formulated
on the 18th March a Code of standards, full compliance with
which entitles them to a Certificate of Hygiene issued by
the Borough Council.
Over 269 tons of unsound food were condemned necessitating
the issue of approx. 2,000 condemnation certificates.
Work on food salvage increased towards the end of the year
when the Salvage Division of the Ministry of Food was disbanded
and, in substitution, certain wholesale grocers and
food manufacturers were registered by the Ministry to act
as agents dealing with this class of goods. One such firm
in the Borough is very actively engaged, dealing with large
consignments of salvaged foodstuffs of all kinds.
Legal proceedings were taken in 32 instances, 26 under
the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, 4 under the Defence (sale of
Food) Regulations and 2 under the Ice Cream (Heat Treatment )
Regulations, 1947. Fines amounting to £128 and costs of £78
were imposed. Seventeen of the summonses were in respect
of unsatisfactory conditions at various food premises, 10
were in respect of unsatisfactory samples and 5 were for
selling articles of food which were unfit for human consumption.
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