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Housing Stactistics
Total number of dwalling houses inspected for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts) 461
Number of inspections made for the purpose 523
Number of defective dwelling houses rendered fit in consequence of
informal action by the local authority or their officers 112
Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied after service
of formal notices 16
Eradication of Bed Bugs.
No. of Council houses found infested during year 65
No. of other houses found infested during the year 27
No. of houses disinfested during the year 92
No. of Council houses disinfested by Council staff 65
No. of Council houses disinfested by Contractors nil
Methods employed:-
8l rooms treated with sulphur dioxide (Cescones).
158 rooms treated with insecticide sprays (Lethane or Solitox) (inclusive
of rooms treated on more than one occasion).
No private houses are treated by the Council staff, but advice is given
and material supplied at cost price on request.
No. of private houses disinfested by owners or occupiers after notice 27
Inspection and Supervision of Food
Food & Drugs Act. 1938.
Formal Samples - 48 as follows:
Milk 46.
Chocolate roll 1.
Butter 1.
Informal Samples - 32 as follows:
Margarine 7.
Pork sausage 5.
Cocoa 4.
Fish paste 3.
Chocolate roll 2.
Salmon 1.
Beef dripping 1.
Chopped lamb 1.
Coffee 1.
Soup powder 1.
Jam 1.
Tinned peas 1.
Castor oil 2.
Seidlitz powder 1.
Gregory powder 1.
Seven warning letters were sent to suppliers of samples slightly below
standard.
Proceedings were taken in one case of milk reported by the Public Analyst
to be deficient in solids not fat. Case dismissed on technical error in
service of summons.