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General.
Windows repaired or renewed 151
Doors repaired or renewed 18
Floors repaired or renewed 55
Stoves and coppers repaired or renewed 34
Internal walls and ceilings repaired 189
Rooms cleansed 151
Rooms ventilated 15
Handrails provided or repaired 10
Chimney stacks and pots repaired or renewed 18
Statutory entries made in rent books 41
Overcrowding abated
Accumulations removed or covered 3
Nuisances from animals abated
Smoke nuisances abated 1
Dangerous cowls removed
Nuisance from flies abated 1
Dangerous walls, fences, etc, repaired or rebuilt 8
Dangerous structure taken down 1
Underpinning 1
Ratproofing and ventilation of covered yard 1
Names and addresses inscribed on vehicles
belonging to street traders 3
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See further details under headings "Food premises" and
"Factories and Bakehouses".
. . IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.
Only three applications for improvement grants- under
the Housing Act,1949, were received during the year.
In each case the Council decided to make a grant of
£100 towards the cost of providing an additional room to
increase accommodation. One of the applicants subsequently
decided not to take up the grant, but the other two proceeded.
FOOD PREMISES.
Thirty-eight premises -are registered under Section 14
Food & Drugs Act, 1938, for the preparation or manufacture
of sausages, or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food
intended for sale.
949 visits were made to those premises and to shops,
catering establishments, public houses, food preparing
businesses and vehicles to ensure the maintenance of a proper
standard of hygiene and to examine foodstuffs of all
descriptions .
The following works were carried out to meet the
requirements of the Council under the Food & Drugs Act,
byelaws and other legislation
Hot water supply provided 38
Soap and towel provided 1
Additional drains provxded 1
Drains repaired 5
Drains completely re-laid 1
New washbasin.s. provided 1
New sinks provided 6
W.Cs. lighted or ventiliated or screened 7
Internal walls and ceilings repaired 22
Ventilation improved 3
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