[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridport Borough.

  • Bridport (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridport Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Public Cleansing. :5- ✓ §,000 loads pf refuse, representing 8,55° tons were collected from approximately 8,650 dustbins. The Karrier Motor Refuse Lorry is now just over 3 years’old, and is proving satisfactory. The lorry is continually employed and is'manned with a driver and two men, and occasional assistance from a third man, During the year 42 tons of Tins and 30 tons Of Paper were salvaged and baled,,and 19 tons of miscellaneous salvage.were disposed of, The remainder of the refuse is burnt in the Destructor where four men are continually employed. The Destructor is now 45 years old. The time is fast approaching when the Council should consider its replacement, or resort to controlled Tipping as an alternative. In either case, because of the lack of space, new sites can only be found outside the Borough Boundaries, Street cleaning is carried out by two full time and two part time sweepers with street orderly carts, and a total of 5*67 miles are swept daily, 1,0 mile, three times weekly, 2,12 miles twice weekly and 2,60 miles once weekly. 26, 3. Eradication of Vermin. 1 house was dealt with during the year. Petroleum. Spirit and Carbide, No| of Licences grahted during 195°...27. „ . No, of Inspections 6, No, of Notices served Nil, Smoke Abatement, No action was taken under this heading. Sanitary Inspection of the Area, No. of inspections for all purposes, 569t No, of Informal Notices. 2b, No, of Statutory Notices, 5* No, of Inspections of Shops 9» No, of Inspections of Foodshops,.,., 108, No, of Inspections of Bakehouses.,,, 7* No, of Inspections of Houses ,,, 275, No, of Inspections of Drains., 89, Disinfection of Houses after I,D.... 18, Miscellaneous Inspections, 63, No. complied with, No, complied with, Shops, No Notices were served during the year, Swimming and Bathing Pools. There are no indoor swimming baths. Bathing takes place in the sea and in the river mouth which is dammed back for Water Polo and other aquatic sports. 4 samples of water were taken from the river mouth during the bathing season and all were negative to the organisms of the Typhoid, Paratyphoid, Dysentery, and Salmonella groupd. Rodent Control. A full time Rodent Officer was employed during the winter months. Using the block control system, he estimates that 250 to J00 rats were destroyed. There is no Rodent Control during the summer months. Schools, The Dorset County Council constructed a new block of sanitary conveniences at the General School. There is much overcrowding of the class rooms in this school.