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B.- Proceedings under Public Health Acts:-
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect
of which notices were served requiring
defects to be remedied 4
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which
defects were remedied after service
of formal notices:-
(a) By owners 1
(b) By local authority in default
of owners 1
C.- Proceedings under sections 11 and 13 of the
Housing Act, 1936:-
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect
of which Demolition Orders were made nil
(2) Number of dwelling houses demolished
in pursuance of Demolition Orders nil
D.- Proceedings under section l2 of the Housing
Act, 1936:-
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which
Closing Orders were made nil
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which
Closing Orders were determined, the
tenement or room having been rendered
fit nil
4. Housing Act, 1936. Part 5-Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the
end of the year 57
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 57
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 423½
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding
reported during the year 4
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding
relieved during' the year 3
(ii) Number of persons concerned in
such cases 13½
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Milk Supply.
During the year, 158 visits were made by the Sanitary
Inspectors to dairies, cowsheds and milkshops within the
Borough.
Milk (Special Designations) Orders, 1936 & 1938.
The following applications for sale of designated milk
were granted during the year:-
"Tuberculin tested" milk 20
Accredited 1
"Pasteurised" milk. 33
Meat and other Foods.
The Livestock (Restriction on Slaughtering), Order 1940
came into operation on the 15th January 1940. Generally the
Order provided that except under the terms and conditions of
a licence granted by or under the authority of the Minister of
Food., no person should slaughter or cause to be slaughtered
for human consumption any livestocks All general slaughtering
forthwith ceased in the Borough.
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