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All ponds and ditches in the Borough where mosquito
breeding was possible were sprayed with paraffin twice early in
the year.
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act, 1928.—Seventy-five licences
to store petroleum and cellulose solutions were granted, totalling
137,760 gallons. A licence was also issued for 20 cwt. of carbide
of calcium to be stored.
Unsound Food Dealt With.
Beef 2371 lbs. Eggs 115
Mutton 298 ,, Butter Beans 60 lbs.
Pork 171 „ Soya Flour 2½ tons
Veal 50 „ Baking powder 3½ ,,
Offal 1357 ,, Butter 44½ lbs.
Fish 84 „ Bacon 75 „
Whelks 1 cwt. Corned Pork 1823 „
Cheese 68 lbs. Turkeys 3
Potatoes 273 lbs.
Number of visits to Meat Depot 20 576
Yours obediently,
K. J. GUTTERIDGE,
Chief Sanitary Inspector.
Housing Statistics
I. Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the Year.—
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling houses
inspected for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts) 940
(b) Number of inspections made for the
purposes 1,009
2. Remedy of Defects during the Year without
Service of Formal Notices:—
Number of defective dwelling houses rendered
fit in consequence of informal action
by the local authority or their officers 410