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Brentford and Chiswick 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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PET'ROLEUM ACT: (contd)
Number of gallons of petroleum spirit covered by
licences 200,808
Number of gallons of petroleum mixture covered by
licences 8,050
Quantity of carbide of calcium covered by licences 42,468 lbs
HOUSING.
The difficulty experienced by builders in obtaining labour
and necessary materials, the usual routine house-to-house inspection
in the Borough was suspended.
Housing Act 1936.
The position in regard to the progress of programmes under
this Act is exactly the same as that shown for the preceding war
years. _ ......
Where cases of over-crowding have occurred these- have been
referred. to the Council's special Housing Department and
satisfactorily dealt with.