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Housing Act, 1957, Section 81
Applications for "permitted number" were received from landlords
and certificates issued during the year respecting 10 lettings.
Local Land Charges
Enquiries relating to outstanding sanitary notices were dealt
with in 2,314 cases.
Clearance Areas
The Council are purchasing large numbers of dwelling houses
which are included in the 1960-65 slum clearance programme. When all
the dwellings in a proposed clearance area have been purchased by the
Council, the tenants will be rehoused, the dwellings demolished and
the site redeveloped.
Milk Supplies
During the year 72 samples of milk were taken and 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
monthly sampling from one dairy.
During the year the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations,
1963 came into force which revoked the Regulations of 1960. As all
milk now provided in the country is tuberculin tested, raw milk will
in future be designated "untreated", the designation tuberculin
tested no longer in use.
All milk sold in the Borough must be either untreated,
pasteurised or sterilised.
Ice Cream
During the year one manufacturer ceased business and at the end
of the year there were four left on the register.
Samples of ice cream are taken for both chemical and bacteriological
examination. Those taken for chemical examination complied
with the legal requirements for fat content etc. and samples taken
for bacteriological examination were mostly of a high standard.
Seven samples of ice lollies were taken for bacteriological
examination and were satisfactory.
Where reports showed that any of these samples were unsatisfactory,
the manufacturer was informed and further check samples were
taken as soon as possible. If the manufacturer was outside the
district, copies of the reports were sent to the local authority of
the district where the article was manufactured.