[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Staveley U.D.C.

  • Staveley (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Staveley U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Preparations are being made to provide new dressing and foot bath accommodation which should be completed before the swim¬ ming season ends. Public Buildings. During the year many visits have been paid to Hotels and Cinemas. New sanitary conveniences have been fitted in two Hotels and inspections revealed no unsatisfactory conditions. Shops Act. 270 visits were paid to various shops regarding sanitary con¬ veniences, employment of young persons, keeping of required records and notices and the closing of shops at regulation hours. Rodent Control. considerable amount of work has been put into rodent control inspection and during the year 96 inspections were made. The number of premises \’isited by the rodent operator was 38. No. of baits laid .. . . . . 593 No. of rat bodies found .. .. 180 The number of baits laid at the Council refuse tip was 399 and the number of rat bodies found was 302. WATER SUPPLIES. No new mains were laid in the Urban District during 1954. The number of samples collected by the Joint Water Committee for bacteriological e.xamination during the year amounted to 93 and of these 3 were classified as unsatisfactory, but subsequent check samples pro\’ed to be satisfactory. Results of samples taken during the year are shown below : Satis¬ factory Doubtful I'nsatis- factory Total Samples taken by N.Ii.D.J.W.C. 93 — — 93 Samples taken by Staveley I'.D.C. Ward Barrow Hill 1 — — 1 Lowgates 7 — 3 10 ■Middlecroft 3 — — 3 Hollingwood 5 — — 5 Mastin Moor 1 — 1 2 Woodthorpe 1 — — 1 Markham — — — — TOT.\LS .. 18 — 4 22