[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Wellingborough U.D.C.

  • Wellingborough (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Wellingborough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Public Cleansing—The number of loads taken to the Sidegate Lane Tip Wellingborough was 7,500. Controlled tipping is carried out. 5 vehicles are used in the collection of the refuse. Further details of the sanitary inspections are given in the statistical section. Tables No. 6—10, pages 16—18. SECTION D. HOUSING The housing problem in the town remains acute. During the year 85 applicants were given houses, and on the 31st December, 1946, the number of “live” applications for Council houses amounted to 1,171. During 1946 work was commenced on 185 houses of which 43 were temporary pre-fabricated bungalows and 36 of the latter were completed during the year. Also during the year 50 temporary pre-fabricated houses, which were in the course of erection on the 31st December, 1945, were completed. The total number of houses completed by Private Enterprise during 1946 was 39, of which 17 were commenced in 1945. In addition a further 22 houses were in the course of erection. In short, the total number of houses completed in 1946 was 125. Sites were prepared for the proposed Housing Scheme on the Croyland Hall Farm Estate. SECTION E. INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. Milk Supply—Samples of Milk taken during the course of delivery have been submitted at regular intervals to the County Laboratory for examination as to cleanliness and keeping quality. The samples were submitted to the standardised Methylene Blue Test. The number of samples so submitted and the classification of the results were : Classification. No. Good . . . . 99 Moderate . . . . . • 14 Bad.13 126 Further details of the results of the tests are given in table No. 10, page 18. Food Premises—These were inspected periodically during the year. Food Inspection—Details of the unfit food voluntarily surrendered are given in fable No 7, page 17. I here were no seizures of unfit food during the year. Meat Inspection.—The Livestock (Restriction on Slaughtering) Order, 1940, made by the Ministry of Food, came into force in January of that year. Under this Order slaughtering has been centralised at selected slaughterhouses. I he meat supply for Wellingborough is obtained from a slaughterhouse in Rushden where the Inspector of the Urban District of Rushden carries out the work of inspection.