[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Luton County Borough.

  • Luton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Luton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATUTORY NOTICES NUMBER OF LEGAL NOTICES ISSUED FOR ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES Complied Served with Number of Outstanding Notices, 31st Dec., 1950 ... 28 28 Public Health Act, 1936. Section 24 10 10 Public Health Act, 1936. Section 39 42 22 Public Health Act, 1936. Section 45 ... ... 9 5 Public Health Act, 1936. Section 47 10 1 Public Health Act, 1936. Section 56 4 2 Public Health Act, 1936. Section 93 ... 52 29 Luton Corporation Act, 1911. Section 36 ... 14 10 169 107 No. of Outstanding Notices at 31st December, 1951 ... 62 Legal proceedings were instituted in three cases in respect of non- compliance with notices issued under Section 39, Section 56 and Section 93 of the Public Health Act, 1936. DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION Premises inspected where notifiable diseases have occurred ... 132 Cases removed to Isolation Hospital ... ... ... ... 24 Rooms disinfected after infectious, contagious or other disease, etc. 495 Premises where repairs or redecorations have been carried out after infectious diseases ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Rooms where walls and ceilings were rubbed down after infectious diseases ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 Visits paid to ascertain if notices to repair or redecorate have been complied with ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 Rooms disinfected by occupiers ... ... ... ... ... 88 Premises visited tracing infectious diseases ... ... ... ... 129 Articles disinfected by steam at request of owners ... ... ... 697 Articles disinfected by fumigants at request of owners ... ... 1,148 Articles destroyed by burning at request of owners ... ... 159 Total visits paid to infected premises ... ... ... ... 276 Wasps nests destroyed ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 Aircraft sprayed after conveying animals ... ... ... ... 1 Six hundred and fourteen library books were withdrawn from circula¬ tion and were disinfected before they were returned. During the year 3 gallons of disinfecting fluid were supplied to the public, free of charge, for use in premises where cases of infectious disease, etc., had occurred. Forty-one complaints of verminous premises were received during the year, and in all instances where bugs were found, disinfestation was carried out. The use of liquid vermicide containing DDT was relied upon for treating the infestations, and proved satisfactory. In three instances reinfestation occurred.