[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Colne Valley (Combined) U.D.C.

  • Colne Valley (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Colne Valley (Combined) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FACTOKIi:^ im BAKKIIOirsrS. Additions and deductions in the register during the year leave the totals at the Slat Deocsriber, 1944 as foXlov/sj- 152 I’ower factories, tJiid 53 ”flon IPowr” factories* These rii^ures include 14 and 6 **jPow6r^‘ and Power'* bakehouses reapootively* Thor© are no undergroimd bakeliouses* The concentration of the woollen industry? has affectcjd a few mills in the diotriet* 7&ty fev.? breaciios of Factory Act requirements v/ere reported and these were of very minor iraportance and were rcaaediod. ABAT^^lPtHT* The position under this heading has not been capable of improvement durir^^ the year, as derjands on the woollen Industry have been riaintained whilst the quality of coal has further deteriorated* The Council are members of th© \Hmt Hiding Hegional Smoke Abatement Gori-ilttee and have In fore© a Byelaw limiting th© cardoslon of black smoke to 3 niautes in th© half hour* OFT^IiSIVi: THADI^i* Two buGlnoGoos ar© registered under this heading, on© soap boiling in connection with a wool scouring business, and on© gut scraping* Both are carx'*i©d on in a satisfactory manner. ;ihJJ IOCS D-BOroCTIOIi: ACT* A BlrGctioa dated 27*3*44. Issued by the Director of Infestation Control under powers conferred by th© Defeaoe (General) Eegulatlons 1939 and the Infestation Order 1943, S,R* & 0. 6S0, r©ca^i^ed the Council to carry out baiting and poisoning treatment of th© sewers to rrmedy any iM’estation that ndght exist* There are approximately 670 manholGs on the OoMniVs seworog© oystem, and 3 weeks were occupied in loosening the manhole lids, the majority of which had not been lifted for twenty? years* Tii© first treatment was omTimenced on the 19th June and the second treatmont on th© 6th Itaember, each taking 5 weeks and exiploying two ganf^s of m©ii‘v/ith two lorries for transport* The results as eotinated by the Teclmioal Section of the ministry of ^ood were 1335 klilod In' the first treatment and 106 in the second, and the eampaigri vms conoidei'ed successful. Several minor infestations on private property were also doalt with. The Sanitary laspeGtor doslgnatod as rcspoasiblo officer under the Act was wholly employed on this v?ork for three months of the year* niSIrPCTIQi: ..13 SUPiHVISIOII OF 130D* DAIRr 3 COlSTI- i^* ThtU'e are 80 registerod cowkeopers and 130 cowsheds in the district. The average number of cows kept is 850. Thirteen licences for the production of Accredited Milk are in force, no nervv licences have been issued d\irln.g the year. All cowsheds have been inspected and the cows and premises were found to be clean. Minor alterations are continually being carried out to coi/sheds and the structural conditions on the v/hole are good.