[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Godalming Borough.

  • Godalming (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Godalming Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ‘5 SHOPS AND OFFICES. These were inspected where occasion arose. No contra- vention or defects were found calling for statutory action. Several matters requiring attention were dealt with by the occupiers on receipt of informal Notice. SMOKE ABATEMENT. No complaints were received during the year, and it was not found necessary to take any action for nuisance. ERADICATION OF BED BUGS. Three cases, one Council house and two privately-owned cottages, needed treatment during the year. A liquid insecticide was used and no recurrence of the trouble arose. SCHOOLS. Routine inspection of these is carried out by the County Council School Medical Officers, and it is presumed the sani- tary conditions and water supply to the premises are satisfac- tory. The occurrence of statutory nuisances on these premises is the only concern of the Town Council’s Officers, and no complaint was made during the year. Questions of the health of scholars, prevention of spread of infectious disease, and closure of and exclusion of scholars from schools are also matters for the County Council’s Medical Staff. Notifications of the absence of scholars due to their having contracted, or been in contact with, notifiable infectious diseases, are sent to the Medical Officer of Health by the Head Teachers. SLAUGHTERHOUSES. Eight of these remain in the Borough. All are closed, as slaughtering for Godaiming is done at Guildford under the Government’s centralised slaughtering scheme. All hold a temporarv annual licence under the .Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1938. As there was no opportunity at the outbreak of war to thoroughly investigate and consider the suitability of these slaughterhouses for regular licensing, a proviso is attached to each licence to the effect that any future require- ments of the Council shall not be prejudiced by the issue of such annual licence.