[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Kendal Borough.

  • Kendal (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Kendal Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Defects. Insufficient, unsuitable or defective sanitary accommod- dation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Workshops not kept in a cleanly condition . . . . 5 Bakehouses with defective walls . . . . . . . . 1 Insufficient means of escape in case of fire . . . . 1 x4 General. Workshops on Register . . . . . . . . . . 146 Underground Bakehouses . . . . . . . . . . 2 Defects notified by Factory Inspector . . . . . . 5 Shops Act. No Closing Orders fixing the hours of closing of shops have been made, this matter being now regulated by D.O.R.A. Thursday is the day generally chosen for the weekly half holiday. Several shops are now making a practice of closing during the dinner hour. No infringements of the Shops Acts were reported or discovered. 530 visits of inspection were made to shops during the year. Canal Boats. 17 Canal Boats were inspected. No infringements of the Acts or Regulations were discovered. The boats were generally in good condition and kept in a cleanly state notwithstanding the fact that coal is the material carried. Children were carried on 7 of the boats inspected. No cases of infectious disease were notified or discovered on any boat. There are no boats on the register of the Local Authority. Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops. No. of Purveyors of Milk on Register, 1918 . . . . 46 No. of Purveyors of Milk registered during 1919 . . .. 9 55 No. discontinued milk selling . . . . . . . . 11 Tolal . . 43 No. of Cowsheds on Register, 1918 . . . . . . 11 No. registered during 1919 . . . . . . . . . . 2 1'otal . . T3 During the year 52 visits of inspection were made to Cowsheds. Mr. Rimmer, M.R.C.V. S. continued to act as Veterinary Inspector and examined all dairv cows within the Borough four times a year for the detection of tuberculosis.