[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Aylesbury Borough.

  • Aylesbury (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Aylesbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PETROLEUM (CONSOLIDATION) ACT, 1928. Licences issued for the storage of petroleum spirit 59 Licences issued for the storage of Carbide of Calcium 6 Total fees received for the above licences £46 15s. Od. Quantity licensed to be kept:— Petroleum spirit ,... 125,804 gallons. Carbide of Calcium 1,784 lbs. Inspections of Petrol and Carbide Stores 11 The reason for the reduction in the number of licences is due to War conditions, consequently tbe storage quantity-and fees are less in proportion. CANAL BOATS ACTS AND REGULATIONS. Boats Inspected 40 Notices served 6 SHOPS ACTS. Strict supervision under the above-mentioned Acts is not so necessary as in times of peace, closing hours being now far below those allowed by the Acts. Twenty-nine visits were made during the year. PUBLIC CONVENIENCES. All Public Conveniences are now under the control of the Health Department. On account of the continuous wilful damage at all the premises, committed by persons whose mentality must be of a very low order, much time and expense has been incurred to keep them in a clean and efficient condition. Efforts to bring the culprits to book have not been successful. 354 visits were made during the year. RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919. Continued use has been made of the services of Mr. Skoyles in the work of rats and mice destruction, the esti- mated number of rats destroyed being three hundred and sixty-seven. During the year the control of Rodent Infestation was assumed by the Ministry of Food, who have issued certain directions to all Local Authorities. Owing to shortage of staff it has been found impossible to carry out these directions, but with the advent of my new assistant 1 hope to give this matter the attention it calls for. Twenty-nine visits were made during the year.