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(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices :—
(a) By owners 146*
(b) By local authority in default of owners 1*
c. & d. No proceedings were taken under Sections 11, 12 and
13 of the Housing Act, 1936.
4. Housing Act, 1936, Part IV—Overcrowding:—
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the
year 243
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 270
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 893½
(b) Number or new cases of overcrowding reported during the
year 252
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year 93
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 449
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have
again become overcrowded after the Local Authority
have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding
(e) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding
tions upon which the Medical Officer of Health may
consider it desirable to report —
* Includes compliances during 1947 of Notices served prior to 1st January 1947.
HOUSING ACT, 1936.
During the year 1947, the work of receiving applications, calling for
calculations for the "permitted number", was continued with a view to the
issue of housing certificates.
Altogether applications were received in respect of 16,212 houses. At the
end of the year the total certificates issued to date numbered 18,151 in respect
of 24,773 houses.
As new premises were constructed and placed upon the rating lists, those
lists were obtained and survey forms sent with a view to the issue of "permitted
number" certificates, and in all, new premises (not enumerated under the 1935
survey) have been dealt with to the extent of 8,684.
SECTION E.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.
(i) Persons and Premises registered as at 31st December, 1947:—
Premises registered as dairies and milkshops 33
Cowkeepers registered 2
Persons registered as retail purveyors of milk 164
Persons registered as retail purveyors of milk in the Ilford
district, whose premises are outside the Borough 20
Persons registered as wholesale purveyors of milk 14
296 inspections of dairies, milkshops, cowsheds and other premises where
milk is sold were carried out during the year.
95 inspections (included in above) were made of 2 cowsheds on farms
registered under the provisions of the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1926
to 1943.
One of the 2 registered cowkeepers is a wholesale and retail purveyor of
milk ; the other is a retail purveyor only.
Of the 164 premises from which milk is retailed in Ilford, 16 are branches
of 1 firm, and 5 another, 3 retail from dairy shops or stores, 11 from provision