[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Moray & Nairn.

  • Moray & Nairn (Scotland). Council.
Date:
1959
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    port within the area. All of these ships docked at Burghead with cargoes of timber and were of German or Dutch nationality. No action was required by the Public Health Department on account of infectious disease aboard ship. National Assistance Act, 1948o Residential accommodation under part III of the Act is provided at Craigmoray, Elgin (60 beds), Auchemack, Forres (14 beds), and Balblair, Naira (24 beds). In addition to the local authority provision, residential accommodation for old people is available at Andersons, Elgin (36 beds) and Whinnieknowe Eventide Home, Nairn (38 beds). Towards the end of 1959 the Welfare Committee was considering the desirability of provision of residential accommodation at Grantown~onH3pey and also the need for additional beds at Auchernack, Forres. It was not necessary during the year to take action for compulsory removal of any persons under Section 47 of the Act because they were not having proper care and attention. Nursing Homes At the beginning of the year, one nursing home in the area was registered under the terms of the above Act. In February however, the registration of this home was cancelled by the local authority, because the property was also in use as a caravan site. Exemption from registration was again granted by the local authority to one institution in the area under Section 6 of the Act. Factories Acts» 1937 to 1959° The County Sanitary Inspector and the Sanitary Inspectors of the small Burghs within the combined County of Moray and Nairn paid the required visits to factories and workshops in connection with the administration of the above Acts. In 1959 there were 412 factories on the registerg distributed as follows? County of Moray 95 Burgh of Burghead 6 Burgh of Elgin I36 Burgh of Forres 62 Burgh of Grant own=on=Spey 13 Burgh of Lossiemouth 26 Burgh of Rothes 11 County of Naim 18 Burgh of Nairn 45 Total 412 Details of the inspections, for which I am indebted to the Sanitary Inspectors, are shown in Appendix B to this report.