[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridlington U.D.C. Borough.

  • Bridlington (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridlington U.D.C. Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CXDUNCIL OFFICES, lODL/iM) CHAI,IBERS, VffiSTCATE, BRIDLINGirON, Annual Report of the Public Health Dopartnient for the Year 1949 To the Chairman and Members of the Bridlington Rural District Council, Mr, Chairman, Counoillor Miss Owston and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Seventh Annual Roport on the sanitaiy and other v/ork oarricd out by your Sanitary Inspector during the year ended 31st December 1949* The total number of inj^eotions carried out during the yoay, for all purposes, wxs 2,l63. (1) HOUSING- ACTS During the year, 220 inspeotions were made in connection with the Housing Survey and housing repairs generally, and notices were served in 32 cases, such notices being informal notioeg. In 31 oases, repairs were carried out bjefore the end of the year. Tv3D houses were demolished during the year, both of whi^h had been standling empty for some years, and were the subject of a Olearanoe Order. Diffioulty ivas still experienced in getting repairs carried out to housos, owing to the shortage of labour and materials, and the high cost of sane* PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS airing the year, 117 complaints and huisanoes were dealt with, neoegeLtating the making of 141 visits of inspection. Notices vrere eerved where found necessary. The following is a sumaiy of nuisances: Dirty dwellings 4 Defective pail closets or privy middens * 21 Offensive aooumulations 47 (3) MTCK AI^ DAIRIES ORDERS There are 251 oowkeepers, producers and wholesale traders on the Register, including 18 who are also retail traders, selling quantities of milk both wholesale and retail. During the year, 211 inspeotions and visits were made, and as a result the follcJVTing inf lingo ments were dealt with: Cleansing of cov7Bheds 71 Structural alterations 5 Cleansing of utensils * 23 Other matters 29