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Building Schemes.
By December, 1962, 13 one-bedroomed bungalows in Thompson
Avenue, known as "The Haven" were occupied.
Current Building Programme.
The redevelopment of the Ham Close site (192 dwellings) is now in
progress and when completed will comprise:
48 Bed-sittingrooms.
60 One Bedroomed flats.
63 Two Bedroomed flats.
21 Three Bedroomed flats.
192 Total.
SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD.
1. Unsound Food Complaints.
Twenty-three complaints alleging that food had been sold to the
dissatisfaction of the customer were received during the year. The
investigations which followed showed that in nearly half the cases the
complaint referred to mould growths or souring due to the failure of
the food trader to turn over stock in a proper manner. There is
growing evidence of the advantage to the retailer if a system of visualaid
coding is adopted for deliveries of prepacked perishable goods;
the retailer can then easily determine the date of delivery and is in
no doubt as to the day when the "shelf-life" of the article has expired,
so that such foods can be withdrawn from sale and destroyed.
Two of the complaints resulted in legal proceedings being taken
against the retailers and in each case a fine of £20 with two guineas'
costs was imposed.
2. Food Premises.
There has been an improving standard of hygiene in food shops in
the Borough over a number of years, and in many premises now the
proprietor is choosing to reconstruct and re-equip food rooms rather
than patch and repair them as was the practice in the immediate
post-war years.