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(c) Canvey Island.—This site is being developed by the
Dagenham Borough Council on behalf of Dagenham and Walthamstow
through a Joint Committee, and the road and sewer works for
the first phase of 224 dwellings has now been completed. Rafts
have been constructed for all the dwellings, 102 of which are roofed
and twenty are completed. The official opening of the estate by
Sir Humphrey Gale, Chairman of the Basildon Development
Corporation, took place on Saturday, 26th July, 1958. It is expected
that about seventy dwellings will be occupied by the end of the year.
Conversion and Improvement of Properties.—During the year
nineteen houses were converted into seventy-four fiats and improvements
and repairs were completed in twenty-seven houses and two
flats. Total cost of the work was £84,186.
At the end of the year work was in progress in eleven houses
being converted into forty-four flats and in fourteen houses, and
two flats being improved and repaired. The total value of work in
progress was £55,731.
Schemes were also prepared during the year for the conversion
of five houses into ten flats ; also for the improvement and repair
of forty-one houses and seven flats. The Council has approved
tenders valued at £45,629 for these schemes and work will be
commenced when Ministry consent is received.
Hoe Street Reconstruction Scheme.—The construction of the
shops, offices and living accommodation on the northern corner of
Hoe Street and Church Hill has been completed, the leases of the
shops commencing in January and The Ross Wyld Hall, the final
item in the scheme, being officially opened on the 30th October,
1958.
E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
The following is contributed by the Chief Public Health
Inspector:—
Designated Milk.
During the year 138 samples of milk were submitted to the
Counties Laboratories for bacteriological examination, including
Phosphatase, Methylene Blue and Turbidity tests.
These samples of milk were mainly taken from roundsmen
during the course of delivery, or on arrival at schools. They include
the bi-monthly sampling of the two dairymen holding Pasteuriser's
Licences.