[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Belfast County Borough.

  • Belfast (Northern Ireland). County Borough Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Belfast County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MARINE STORES Inspections during the year . . . . .. 347 Number of defects discovered . . . . . . . . 54 Number of notices served . . . . . . 31 Number of defects remedied . . . . .. . , 53 The periodical treatment of all rag stores to eradicate vermin continued throughout the year. 1 he Pest Officers carried out 1/8 treatments and the cost was charged to the respective proprietors The following is a summary of defective conditions found in Marine Stores by Sanitary Officers of the Factories Section:— TABLE B 13 Nature of Defect Instances Notices Served Remedied Outstanding Walls in rooms not rendered vermin proof 2 2 2 1 Rooms not enclosed or provided with a proper roof or ceiling 2 1 2 Rooms not properly lighted 2 2 2 Rooms not properly ventilated 2 1 — 2 Rooms not provided with suitable floor 1 1 2 1 Materials stored so as to obstruct lighting or ventilation 2 1 2 Dustbins not provided or trade refuse not removed weekly 4 3 2 2 Premises not kept in a clean state 7 4 8 1 Walls, ceilings, partitions, etc., require re-decoration 6 3 5 2 Premises, apparatus, utensils not kept in a state of repair 2 1 1 1 Yards, loading bays, etc., not properly surfaced 1 1 — 1 Other defects 2 2 2 2 Sanitary Conveniences Not provided with proper intervening ventilated space . . — — 2 Not provided for each sex 2 2 2 — Not properly screened 1 1 3 1 Not properly lighted 3 1 3 — Not properly ventilated — — 2 — In a dirty state 5 2 7 — In a defective condition 10 3 9 2 Totals 54 31 56* 16 * Defects remedied include outstanding defects from previous year. Offensive Trades The following trades prescribed as offensive trades under the Public Health (Ireland) Acts, 1878 to 1946, were carried on at 17 registered premises within the City:—six hide and skin merchants, three fat melters, two bone boilers, three gut scrapers and three tripe cleaners and boilers. It was not found necessary to take any formal action under the By-laws, but in eleven instances notices were served on occupiers, the defects being subsequently remedied. Number of inspections during the year .. .. .. .. 170 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS The Belfast City Council is the Education Authority for the City, the powers and duties of the Authority being exercised and performed through the Education Committee. Two new County Primary Schools were opened (1) Robert Bell, which will serve the Clara Park Housing Estate and (2) Springhill, which has provided much needed relief to the overcrowded Forth River and Springfield Schools. Five old buildings used as Primary Schools were closed. Megain Memorial Primary School was reduced to an Infant School by the termination of the lease of the Church premises which had been used for school purposes for many years. Strand and Mersey Street Primary Schools became reorganised primary schools by the transfer of senior girls to Ashfield Secondary Intermediate School. In the Sandy Row area Mabel Street and Workman Primary Schools became Infant Schools and the building formerly occupied by Linfield Secondary Intermediate School, renamed Blythefield, supplied the remaining primary school places required for the area. Three new secondary school buildings and extensions to three other secondary schools came into use. Grosvenor High School transferred to