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More especially for people with families, ample bedroom accommodation
is required and a garden or allotment should be considered a necessity.
The improved health resulting from the additional open space alone,
would amply repay the extra cost.
Another consideration which the Council might bear in mind in
connection with this question is the " no children barrier " which many
private owners and some few public authorities adopt in refusing to let
their houses to peopie with families. Houses built by the Municipality
should certainly go by preference to such people, and the question of
sub-letting already referred to should not be overlooked.
FOOD CONTROL.
By permission of the Council, the services of the Sanitary Inspectors
and Health Visitors were lent to the Food Control Committee as last
year. Numerous inspections were carried out and the results reported
to that Committee.
UNSOUND FOOD.
The following quantities of food were, upon examination by the
Officers of the Department, found to be unsound, unwholesome and
unlit for human consumption :—
Beef ... ... 1244 lbs.
Mutton ... ... 148 „
Bacon ... ... 1033 ,,
Ham ... ... 673 ,,
Herrings ... 14 brls. 9 boxes
Mackerel ... 25 ,,
Kippers ... ... 3 ,,
Bloaters... ... 8 ,,
Fish ... ... 98 lbs.
Winkles ... ... 4 bags
Fowls... ... ... 6
Butter ... ... 7 lbs.
'Cheese ... ... 43 ,,
Sugar ... ... 174 ,,
Eggs ... ... ... 1 case
Brussel sprouts ... 10 bags
Rabbits ... ... 128
Condensed Milk ... 153 tins
These were all voluntarily surrendered. The conditions imposed by
the Ministry of Food and the establishment of fixed prices removed the
temptation to which some traders are exposed, of endeavouring to sell
unsound food.
The greater part of the bacon and cheese was returned under
precautions to the wholesalers. The remainder of the foods were
destroyed.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
During the year the Sanitary Inspectors collected 415 samples under
the above Acts, and submitted them to the Public Analyst for analysis.
Of the number submitted 42 or 10 per c ent, were reported as adulterated.