[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    house. A few privies and a few pail closets still remain and these are isolated ones, mostly situated in semi-rural districts w^here it has not been practicable to provide water closets owing to the fact that sewers are not reasonably available. Houses Let-in-Lodgings. The Sanitary Inspectors visited houses let-in-lodgings periodically during the year in collaboration with the Health \ isitors with a view^ to remedying defects which were found and ensuring that there was compliance with the Bye-laws. Factories and Workplaces.—1,039 visits of inspection w ere made during the year to Factories and Workplaces in the exercise of powders under the Factories Act, 1937, or the Piiblic Health Act, 19.36. As a result of these visits a total of 107 nuisances or defects were remedied. Shops Act, 1934. Section 10 of the Shops Act, 1934, concerns the health and comfort of employees in wholesale and retail shops, in w'arehouses or elsewhere in connection with wholesale or retail trade or business. The Section deals particularly with the ventilation, heating and lighting of these premises ; the facilities for taking meals ; the facihties for washing ; and the facilities as to sanitary conveniences. As a result of action taken under this Section during the year, there were four instances where the shop-keepers or owners of the premises, who were not compljdng with one or other of the provisions of Section 10, took the necessary remedial measures. One application for exemption under this section w^as received during the year and it was approved. Preserved Food—Preparation or Manufacture.—16 applications were received during the year, as required by Section 14 of the Food and Drugs .4ct, 19.38, for the registration of premises under the above heading and after investigation all were granted. One registered premises ceased to be used during the year for the purpose for which it had been registered. Ice Cream Sale Manufacture, Etc.—Premises which are used for these trades must also be registered, as required by Section 14 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938. During the year 1941 there w^ere two applications for the registration of premises intended to be used for the manufacture of ice-cream for sale and both the premises w^ere registered. Eight applications in regard to the sale only of ice-cream were received and after investigation all these premises w'ere registered. 28 premises ceased during the year to be used for the purpose for which they w'ere registered. Two of them had been registered for the manufacture of ice-cream for sale and 26 for the sale only of ice-cream. The use of any milk product in ice-cream was prohibited by the Use of Milk (Restriction) Order of 27th March, 1941. Fish Friers’ Premises.—At the end of the year 1941 there were 480 fish friers’ premises in the City whicn were on the register and one application for the registration of premises was received during the year. Registration was granted. One shop was removed from the Register owing to the fact that it was demolished during the year. Offensive Trades.—There were five premises on the Register of Offensive Trades at the end of the year. These were three premises used for Tripe Boiling and Tripe Dressing, one Fat and Bone Dealers’ premises and one Rag Washing premises. All these premises w'ere periodically visited by the Sanitary Inspectors to ensure that there was compliance with the Bye-laws. Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928.—There are 37 premises in the City to which the above Acts ^PP^y these are chiefly Upholsterers’ and Bedding Manufacturers’ estabhshments. There are no premises where rag flocks are manufactured. In every case where rag flocks w'ere used they were obtained under a guarantee that they complied with the standard set forth in the Acts. Canal Boats.—There were no registrations of Canal Boats in the City during the year 1941. The Canal Boats Inspectors paid 54 visits to the Canal and made 65 inspections of boats during the year, the object being to ensure that there was compliance with the statutory requirements. There were 119 persons living on board the boats at the time of the inspections and these persoirs were in the following age groups :—nine in the age group of children under 5 years ; one in the group of between five and 14 years; and 109 in the group at ages over 14 years. 86 of these latter were males and 23 females. The average number of persons per boat was 1 • 83. 41 infringements were found relating to 30 inspections of boats. All necessary measures were taken in regard to these infringements and it was not necessary to institute any legal proceedings during the year. There were no cases of infectious disease upon any of the Canal Boats during the year, nor was it necessary to detain any boats for cleansing or disinfection.