[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Tiverton Borough.

  • Tiverton (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Tiverton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXPLOSIVES ACT, 1875 224 applications were received for the registration of premises for the storage of gunpowder and nixed explosives, and Certificates of Registration were granted. 29 inspections vere carried out in connection with the above Act. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS HADE DURING TIE YEAR Hater Samples Taken Brought forward:- 899 Public Mains 76 Drainage - Inspections 221 Other premises & farms 14 Tests 118 Swimming Bath 4 Disinfection & Disinfest- Food &__Dr_ugs_ Act:- ation 22 Food premises 91 Caravans 4 Ice Cream & preserved food 3 Slum Clearance Inspections Food Shops re. condemned & Revisits 55 food 50 Improvement G-rants 181 Factories Act 5 Pet Animals Act 8 Inspections re: complaints 188 Animal Boarding Establish- Revisits re: complaints 217' nents Act 7 Clean Air 2 Rodent Control 32 Offices, Shops & Railway Petroleum & Explosives premises 51 licensing 91 Outworkers 37 Miscellaneous 10 Dustbins 49 Means of excape in case of Poultry Packers 117 fire 3 899 1&51 BCT’W Total inspections = during the year - 1 6.B1 Conclusion Mr. Hutt, additional Public Health Inspector, relinquished his position with the Council during the year.to take up duties with the Bournemouth City Council. As a result of his loss, there has been a slackening in the tempo of work under the Shops, Offices & Railway Frenises Act and the Foods & Drugs Act and Food Hygiene Regulations and also Slum Clearance. Mrs. Barnes, .general clerk in the department, had lengthy maternity leave which caused some disruption in the. running of the office- and she has since term¬ inated her duties with the Council. This has made the running of the Public Health Department, in the absence of an additional inspector, more difficult. However.,, our new general clerk, Mrs. Drake, has proved willing and adaptable, and I consider- she will prove a very valuable asset to the department as she becomes familiar with the type of'problems to be dealt with. Mrs. May has continued her duties in connection with the rodent control costing, records and registers and general work in her usual quietly efficient manner and my thanks.are - due to her. In conclusion, I hope I-may be able to continue to conscientiously serve the best interests of the.Council for the next three years, when I am due to retire at the age of sixty-five years. I remain. Your obedient servant, CHARLES JEFFRIES. Chief Public Health Inspector.