Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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3. Cases of overcrowding under Housing Act, 1936 abated by rehousing since August, 1945 (included in 2) | 920 | ||
4. Total of current applications for rehousing | 7,850 | ||
5, New housing | |||
Dwellings Projected | Under Construction | Completed | |
Temporary | 934 | - | 934 |
Permanent | 2,457 | 220 | 661 |
Cost-of-Works Rebuilds | 533 + | 2 | 499 |
Housing Act, 1949 | 4 | - | 4 |
Total | 3,928 | 222 | 2,098 |
+ After adjustment by Primary Education Plan.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(a) Milk Supply. The number of milk distributors registered at the close
of the year was 128 and the number of dairies 11.
The following licences were issued to use special designations
prescribed in the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1949:-
Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations :-
Pasteurised - | |
Dealer's Licence | 99 |
Supplementary Licence | 11 |
Dealer's (Pasteuriser's) Licence | 2 |
Tuberculin Tested | 1 |
Sterilised - | |
Dealer's Licence | 112 |
Supplementary Licence | 11 |
Dealer's (Steriliser's) Licence | 2 |
Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations: | |
Tuberculin Tested - | |
Dealer's Licence | 24 |
Supplementary Licence | 10 |
Milk samples submitted for bacteriological examination are summarised as follows:- | |
Pasteurised 53 - | Unsatisfactory 3 |
Sterilised 12 - | - |
T.T. Pasteurised 8 - | - |
73 | 3 |
The three unsatisfactory samples failed to satisfy the Methylene Blue
test. Investigations of records at dairies and repeat samples showed that
pasteurising plants were working efficiently.