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(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the
tenement or room haying been rendered fit -
IV. Visits in connection with housing circumstances of applicants
for rehousing 4,069
REHOUSING STATISTICS
Position at 31st December. 1952
The following statistics have been supplied by the Council's Chief
Housing Officer, Mr. J.E. Austin, M.B.E.
1.
Accommodation made available family units:-
(i) By repair of war damage
6,233 +
(ii) By requisitioned premises Q.
1,283
(iii) By new housing (including 503 cost of works rebuilds
and 7 additional units under the Housing Act 1949)
2,246
9,762
+This figure includes 3,307 houses classified Cb (War
Damage) and rebuilt by Local Authority.
2.
Families rehoused since August, 1945
3,980
3.
Cases of overcrowding under Housing Act, 1936 abated by
rehousing since August, 1945 (Included in 2)
975
4.
Total of current applications for rehousing
8,554
5.
New housings:-
Dwellings
Projected
Under
Construction
Completed
Temporary
+ 915
-
+ 915
Permanent
2,552
355
821
Cost-of-Works Rebuilds
ø 537
12
503
Housing Act,
7
-
7
4,011
367
2,246
ø After adjustment by Primary Education Plan
+ 19 Bungalows deleted from total of 934 and sites being redeveloped
for permanent housing.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(a) Milk Supply - The number of milk distributors registered at the close
of the year was 141 and the number of dairies ll.
The following licences were issued to use special designations prescribed
in the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1949-50:Milk
(Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations:
Pasteurised:
Dealer's Licence 102
Supplementary Licence 12
Dealer's (Pasteuriser's Licence) 2
Tuberculin Tested 1
Sterilised:
Dealer's Licence 128
Supplementary Licence 12
Dealer's (Steriliser's) Licence 2
Milk (Special Designation)(Raw Milk) Regulations:-
Tuberculin Tested
Dealer's Licence 22
Supplementary Licence 11
Milk samples submitted for bacteriological examination are summarised
as follows:-
Unsatisfactory
Pasteurised
67
-
Sterilised
16
-
T.T. Pasteurised
5
2
2
The two unsatisfactory samples failed to satisfy the Phosphatase test.
Investigations of records at dairies and repeat samples showed that
pasteurising plants were working efficiently.