[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Swadlincote U.D.C.

  • Swadlincote (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Swadlincote U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    % Inspection of Shops continued* Closing Hours, *• The provision of the Shops Act, 1928, relating to hours of clos¬ ing, were on the whble observed, although warnings were given in several cases* .. i* • Drainage Works. .V • * All drainage work, whether for new or existing buildings is subject' to my supervision. .# , •) ' ' « Length of 6 drain land. 202 yds. » v Length of 4 drain land, 391 M * ’ No, of inspections of choked and'defective ' drains, . ; / * 180. - • No. of notices served. 5Q'. No-, of notices complied with. 44. Dustbins, No* of inspections. 203. No* of notices served. 153,. , No. new bins 2 ovided. .. • • - 123*— Evacuation. Owing to the difficulty of finding billets for mothers with several children nine communal billets were equipped. These houses were requisitioned by the Council and were furnished at short hotice. Much hard work was entailed and I would like to express my thanks to those members of the Evacuation Committee and others who gave valuable assistance. Supervision of these billets and of the childrens.1' hostel has since taken up much of my time, and I think there can be few duties which provide the difficulties and problems met with when dealing with-evacuation. Communal billets provide, in my ©pinion, the only satisfactory solution of the problem of billeting mothers with several children and when comparisons are made over a period of the relative costs of this type of billet and the cost of billeting on private house-holders the communal billet is found less costly as well as more satisfactory. It is noticed that it is. almost invariably the evacuee housed in a communal billet who stays longest in a recih fcion area. No information has been included on Civil Defence duties or of duties undertaken as Enforcement Officer to the Pood Control Committee, Total number of inspections' made for all purposes during the year was 2096. In conclusion I would like to thank the members of the Council for their confidence and the Clerk for his oo-operatitn. I am: Gentlemen., Your obedient servant, 4 - v. , John Mullin, Sanitary, Inspector.