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ICE CREAM HEAT TREATMENT REGULATIONS , 1947 . Manufacturers and retailers of ice cream
were kept under strict surveillance and a total of 558 visits were made. One retailer was
summoned under Section 67 of the West Ham Corporation Act, 1937, and fined £2 for using
unregistered premises for the sale of ice cream.
A total of 79 samples of ice cream were taken, a number of which were found to be
unsatisfactory according to the Ministry of Health provisional standards. These standards
have no statutory authority, and the techniques on which they are based must be regarded as
still in the trial stage. The precise proportion of samples which were found to be unsatisfactory
cannot yet be accepted therefore as necessarily reflecting the true picture of the
hygiene of ice cream factories. In respect of the unsatisfactory samples however the premises
were visited in each case and the plant and process of manufacture kept under surveillance
until an improvement was effected*
RODENT CONTROL® The "Block Control " system as Instituted in 1947 was proceeded with,
in addition to the individual complaints. During the latter part of the year, owing to the
reduction of the Rodent Control Staff, the work on the "Block Control"system was reduced,
but nevertheless, this work still remained effective.
All drainage defects discovered, were reported to the District Sanitary Inspector
for the area, for his examination. Abatement Notices were then served for the defects to
be remedied, a great payt of this repair work being done by the Borough Engineer in default,
in conjunction with this Section.
RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST RESTRICTION ACTS. There were 175 certificates issued under
this Act during the year®
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936. Under this Act four Orders prohibiting the use of dwelling
houses for human habitation were granted by the Magistrate, and particulars of the families
were sent to the Housing Officer with a view to offering alternative accommodation.
HOUSING ACT, 1936 AND TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT, 1947. Eighty nine houses were
reported to the Housing Committee as unfit, with a recommendation for action under Section 11
of the Housing Act, 1936; and twenty six houses were reported and included in an Unfitness
Order under the Town & Country Planning Aet, 1947.
PROSECUTIONS® The number of summonses issued during the year amounted to 458 in
respect of noncompliance with Statutory Notices® The majority of these, however, were
withdrawn on payment of costs, the necessary work being completed before the hearing in
Court. The remaining Orders were made for the required work to be carried out in a specified
time, and fines were imposed®
The year 1948 saw a greater increase of work1 a total of 48,872 visits being made
by the District Inspectors as compared with 36,402 during the previous year, and it may be
assumed that as war damage repairs come to an end, a greater demand will be made on this
Department as a whole as a result of the persons in control of private dwelling houses
assuming responsibility for such repairs.
The following is a tabular statement of the work carried out by the Sanitary
Inspectors' Sections:-
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