[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.

  • Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    40 Tiie number of biisineases in each category was as follows;— Pre-1914 Already established 79 1914-1925 Without limit of time 39 1925-1943 Subject to yearly renewal 23 Total 141 During the year four new applications were dealt with and two were disapproved; consent was given to 18 renewals of existing licences. The net increase in the number of licences was nil, the total now being 138. Common Lodging-houses.^—Under the Blackpool Improvement Act, 1901, sec. 47, the common lodging-houses, previously existing were re-registered. These houses, with their accommodation, are as follows;— Eden Street; 160 adults and 1 child. Seed Street; 56 adults and 1 child. Forty-seven visits of inspection were paid, and it was found on the whole that the lodging-houses were kept in a clean condition and managed satisfactorily. Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.—Consistent and regular action has been taken in dealing with all complaints of rat-infested premises, and the method of extermination has been principally by poisoning, use of traps, dogs and ferrets, and gassing. No proceedings were instituted under the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act. Verminous Premises.—Houses disinfested numbered 384— an increase of 47 more than last year, but there was a reduction of 21 in the number of houses it was found necessary to disinfest by the cyanide gassing process. The undermentioned table shows the number of houses which have been fumigated;— Year Occupied Unoccupied Totals 1935 247 108 355 1936 242 104 346 1937 240 122 262 1938 117 65 182 1939 51 68 119 1940 — — 101 1941 — — 43 1942 — — 113 1943 — — 114 1944 — — 93