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Overcrowding.
The known oases of overcrowding on the Register of the
Department at the end of the year were as follows:-
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the
end of the year 145
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 154
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 865
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding
reported during the year 48
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding
relieved during the year 2
(ii) Number of persons concerned in
such cases 9
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
During the year legal proceedings were taken in three
instances with the following results:-
(a) For contravention of the Food & Drugs Act, 1938, sections
13 & 14, a penalty of £12,10s. 0d., with £2.2s, 0d. costs
(b) For non-compliance with the requirements of the Food &
Drugs Act, 1938, section 13, relative to dirty conditions
of a bake-house, cautionary letters were sent,
(c) An application under section 57(5) of the Food & Drugs
Act, 1938, for a slaughter-house to be licensed was
refused.
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
It was not necessary to take any formal action during
the year regarding excessive emissions of smoke,
SWIMMING BATHS AND POOLS,
Excellent facilities for swimming are provided at the
Corporation's three open-air baths.
Water is supplied by the Metropolitan Water Board's main,
and samples for bacteriological examination are taken
throughout the season,
DISINFESTATION AND DISINFECTION..
Scabies
During the year the arrangements for the use of the
accommodation adapted as a cleansing station at the Hollies
Ambulance Depot were continued.
The number of children and adults treated was 426,
Summary
Disinfections after infectious disease 88
Disinfections after other disease -
.
D.D.T. treatment (No, of promises as
detailed on page 27) 271
TOTAL 359
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