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Cycles, Ironmongery, etc, 19, Motor Trades 8 27
Second-hand Dealers 10, Rustic Works 5,
Corn, etc., Stores 722
Furniture Shops 15 15
Coal Offices 15, Saddlers 6, Dyers and
Cleaners 7 28
Stationers, Newsagents, etc29
Bazaars 2
Licensed Victuallers 40, Wine Merchants 4 44
Other miscellaneous businesses 41
The bulk of these take Wednesday for their half day closing,
380 closing altogether and 92 only keeping open for sale of exempted
goods. 57 close on Saturday, and 29 on Monday, and about 100
appear to be exempt altogether.
Any defect or failure to comply with the Acts or Regulations is
reported with all other matters to the Health Committee and dealt
with, and defects remedied are included in Table C.
FOOD INSPECTION.
Twenty-seven samples of food were taken for analysis. Twenty
of the samples were milk, one evaporated milk, one milk powder, three
butter, one lard, and one beef sausages.
One milk sample was deficient of at least 11'3 of milk fat. The
vendor was warned and not proceeded against. A certain quantity of
other food was destroyed, but is reported on by the Medical Officer of
Health.
HOUSING INSPECTION AND STAFF.
I was able to resume the house-to-house inspection during the
latter half of the year, on my Assistant returning from Military service
and 238 cottages were inspected in Pope Road, Sharp's Cottages and
Orchard Place, Walter's Yard, Beckenham Lane, Lewes Road,
Wharton Road, Recreation Road, and Newbury Road.
Owing to the selective process of taking such roads or batchas of
houses Known to most require attention, notices were necessary in
the great majority of instanced to remedy the insanitary conditions
found. The works carried out are included in Table C.