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Walthamstow 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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" The minimum amount of accommodation required to meet the housing
| Single persons, etc. (Hostels) | 2.7 | 318 | |
| Young married couples (2 rooms) | 38.2 | 4,389 | |
| Families of 3 to 5 persons | 41.3 | 4,748 | |
| Families of 6 to 7 persons | 12.4 | 1,430 | |
| Families of 8 to 10 persons | 2.01 | 231 | |
| Families of 12 to 14 persons | 0.43 | 49 | |
| Families not stated | 2.9 | 326 | |
| Number of properties requisitioned | 1,062 | ||
| Number of properties still held | 616 | ||
| Furniture Cash Sales amount to | £1,744 | 18 | 8 |
| Furniiure on loan amounts to | £12,003 | 10 | 7 |
| £13,748 | 9 | 3 | |
| Local Authority Furniture Cash Sales | £1,140 | 7 | 9 |
" In considering these figures, however, it should be remembered
that between the close of the year and the commencement
of 1948, the whole of the applications were reviewed and a new
* points ' scheme formulated with the intention of putting it into
operation early in the new year."
E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(a) Milk Supply.
The following as contributed by the Chief Sanitary
Inspector :—
The number of samples of milk submitted to the Counties
Laboratories for bacteriological examination, including Phosphatase
and Methylene Blue tests, was 144.
Samples, during the course of delivery, were taken twice monthly
from the two firms holding Producers' Licences within the Borough
and from other dealers in the district.