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Chingford 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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B. Proceedings under Section 11 and 13 of the
Housing Act, 1936:
(1) Number of Demolition Orders served 7
(2) Number of Undertakings accepted 4
(3) Number of Undertakings completed 2
C. Proceedings under Public Health Acts:
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring defects
to be remedied 17
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied after service of formal
notices:
(a) By Owners 4
(b) By Local Authority
Section E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.
There is only one cowshed on the register for the Chingford
district ; the number of retail purveyors of milk is 4.
The number of visits paid to cowsheds and dairies was 6.
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936—1946.
Graded Milks. The following table shows the licences granted
during the year for the sale of milk under the special designations,
as provided by the above Regulations ;
2 dealers' licences to sell milk as Pasteurised
2 supplementary licences to sell milk as Pasteurised.
2 dealers' licences to sell milk as Tuberculin Tested.
2 supplementary licences to sell milk as Tuberculin Tested.
Extraneous Matters in Foodstuffs.
During the year a series of complaints occurred which
resulted in the Corporation instituting proceedings in no
less than 11 instances on account of extraneous matters
found in food. In the majority of instances the places of
19