[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbigh Borough.

  • Denbigh (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbigh Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Details of Defects and Nuisances will be found in the Sanitary Inspector’s Report, which is appended. SWIMMING BATHS OR POOL No public baths or swimming baths are available within the Borough; and these are amenities which are badly needed in a town of the size of Denbigh. i CAMPING . There are no licences granted for camping sites. SMOKE ABATEMENT There is practically no smoke nuisance in the Town. ERADICATION OF BED BUGS (1) Council houses disinfested Nil. (2) Other houses infested 2 (3) Other houses disinfested 2 The method employed to disinfest is destruction of bedding by burning, washing of other clothing in disinfectants, spraying of furniture with “Cesscones,” Zaldecide, and other tested solutions of D.D.T. The work is carried out by the Local Authority. Periodical inspection of the houses is made to prevent re-infestation. No furniture or bedding from an infested house is allowed to be removed to a Council House before disinfection by the afore- mentioned methods. MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS The Medical Inspection of the children attending the Elementary Schools is carried out by the County Council. Dr. McKendriclc, M.O.H., CoLvyn Bay, does this work most efficiently.