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Environmental Health 75
THE LIQUID EGG REGULATIONS, 1963
There were 12 samples of liquid egg submitted for the Alpha-Amylase test for adequate pasteurisation
and all found to be satisfactory.
Liquid egg is not pasteurised within the Borough.
HOUSING
Improvement
(a) Improvement Areas
The service of statutory improvement notices on owners of dwellings in the first Improvement
Area, bounded by Wood End Green Road, Kingsway, Bishops Road, Judge Heath Lane and Botwell
Lane, Hayes, has had good results. Of the 43 dwellings requiring the provision of standard amenities,
works of improvement were completed in 16 cases in the year. A further 17 applications were made for
improvement grants. No action can yet be taken in respect of the 10 Suspended Notices where the
tenants are not willing to have the amenities provided. I anticipate that in 1968 all the notices served,
with the exception of the suspended notices, will have been complied with.
The second Improvement Area, also in Hayes and bounded by Station Road, Botwell Lane,
Botwell Common Road, Dawley Road, Blyth Road, Clayton Road and North Hyde Road, was
declared on the 13th July, 1967, and a start has been made on a detailed survey of Area No. 3, which is
bounded by Waterloo Road, Cowley Mill Road, Cowley Road, the Greenway, Whitehall Road, rear
boundaries of houses in Cotswold Close and Austin Way, Uxbridge.
(b) Houses outside Improvement Areas
Little use has been made by tenants of the opportunity afforded them in the Housing Act, 1964, to
make representations to the Council to require their Landlords to provide standard amenities. Only two
applications were received in 1967, compared with six applications in 1966. A tenant, by making a
representation to the Council, can initiate action for his house just as though the house was included in a
declared Improvement Area. It would appear that tenants are not aware of this procedure or may be
unwilling to pay more rent, or may be afraid of upsetting the Landlord.
When houses are inspected for any purpose the amenity position is noted. If standard amenities
are lacking, the Landlord is asked to consider improvement in advance of the Declaration of an
Improvement Area.
Details of the applications received during 1967 and the action taken is shown in the table below:—

Improvement Grants
The number of applications for Improvement Grants showed a slight increase. In 1965 there
were 65; in 1966—76; and during 1967-85. Many of the applications for grants related to dwellings