[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Weymouth & Melcombe Regis Borough.

  • Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Weymouth & Melcombe Regis Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sanitary Inspection of the Borough, Housing EtcB but The time of the three Sanitary Inspectors was ve- fully occupied with the many investigations and duties they are called upon to perform. Details of the Inspectors’ work will not oe included in this Report, allthe usual records have been kept. The summary of Inspection work shows that 3-98 visits were made to inspect the cleanliness of houses before new tenants took possession, slaughterhouses were visited on 819 occasions, and summer camps were inspected 50 times. Supervision of drainage work was continued and the y drainage of p02 premises was converted to main drainage was from cesspools, earthclosets etc. Careful supervision was exercised on premises used for the prep¬ aration of food, and regular visits were made to the two plants licensed for the pasteurisation of milk, In the case of one of these plants^ a licence was issued for a period of ;5 months only. ' During this time the samples taken indicated that adequate care was being taken in the necessary treatment of the milk and a fresh licence issued for the remainder of the year. Under Section 25 of the Housing act, 193^, 66 houses were repr Clearance Areas. An Inspector of the Ministry of Health held the usual Inquiry on the 1st August, and the Ministry subsequently confirmed clearance orders in respect of 60 houses, including the Governor’s Lane Area, which had been represented, in the previous year. Not all of the 66 houses represented were dealt with at the Inquiry as the Council had not by that time made the necessary Orders. Six underground tenements were closed under Section esented in 12 and demolition orders made in the case of 2 houses. Undertakeings were accepted that 3 bouses would not be used for human habitation and specifications agreed upon to make fit another 3 bouses. This work is now.suspended for tbe duration of the war, but complaints about unfit houses have stillto be investigated and dealt with by the best available methods --0O0—