[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Llangollen U.D.C.

  • Llangollen (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Llangollen U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 RODENT CONTROL The Council have one trained rodent operator who gives part of his time to this service. One comprehensive sewer treatment was carried out successfully and he also attended to complaints of a minor nature received from householders. HOUSING Luring the year twenty houses were completed by the Council and the erection of ten aged persons bungalows was commenced. Two houses were completed by private enterprise. Of the twenty Local Authority houses completed, five were let to Local Industries for key workers, two to the Local Education Authority and thirteen to general needs. MOVEABLE DWELLINGS There are six caravans sited on one farm in the area for which a licence has been granted under the provisions of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Acts 1960. During the yoar difficulty was experienced with one land owner regarding the indescriminitc stationing of caravans on his land. The facts were reported to the Local Planning Authority for enforcement action under the Act. FOOD INSPECTIONS Thirty four visits heave been made to premises where food is prepared for human consumption. The general standard of hygiene of the food handlers was found to be good. The following table gives details of the foodstuffs which have been condemned as unfit during the ye car. Tinned. Fruit 159 lb. Tinned Milk 10 tins Tinned Fish 2 lb. Tinned Meat and Hon. 103 lb. Tinned Vegetables 17 lb. Apples 80 lb. ICE CREAM Twenty seven premises are registered under the Food and Drugs Act for the sale of prepacked Icecream only. Periodic visits arc made to ensure that the premises end apparatus conform to the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act. MARKETS The marketing arrangements remain the same, weekly auction sales are conducted by the Auctioneers in the Smithficld. The Market was closed for several weeks during the early Spring due to an outbreak of Foot end Mouth Disease in the County. MILK AND DAIRIES The County Council is now the Authority for issueing Licences to retail milk. There is one retail dairy in the Town and two grocer's shops are licensed to retail sterilised milk.