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Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Sec. 3 of the Housing Act, 1925
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs Nil.
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered
fit:—
(1) By owners —
(2) By Local Authority in default of owners —
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Closing Orders became operative in pursuance
of declarations by owners of intention to close —
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied (Statutory Notices) 260
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied:—
(a) By owners 260
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners —
(c) Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the
Housing Act, 1925 Nil.
The results of no fewer than 3,160 inspections were recorded on
house-to-house inspection cards.
The Milk and Dairies Order, 1926 came into operation on the
1st October, 1926. By order of the Council a copy was sent to every
person on the Register, and the Inspector has visited all premises and
persons concerned and explained their obligations under the Order.
The Register has been revised. There are no cowkeepers in the
Borough. No case occurred in which milk acted as a vehicle of
infection. In several cases persons delivering milk were warned, as
in 1927, that bottles must not be filled in the street.
The Milk and Dairies Consolidation Act, 1925. Under the provisions
of this Act, many notices were received by the Food and Drugs
Inspectors demanding that samples should be taken in course of delivery
to retailers, but, acting on instructions, the Inspectors did not find it
necessary to take more than two samples in course of delivery because
in most instances the Public Analyst was able to inform them within
reasonable time that the original samples, i.e., those purchased from the
retailers, were genuine. No samples were taken by other authorities
at our request.