[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Letchworth U.D.C.

  • Letchworth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Letchworth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Inspection of tho .i^.rea; T«'ork has procooded as nomally as circuristances vd.ll pon;iLt (Seo^ appondix) . (iv) Shops and Ofiicos; SGVcn.’tGon shops v/oro visi'tcd and inspoctcd. No contravGuoioiis found. It was not possiblo to carry out any inspGction of' OffiCGS. QGJopin^ Sitos; (a) No sito was ussd. (b) No liconcGs p’rantcd. vl)' SniolcG abatoniGntRoutino inspGctions wore mdo, Si^'^xiinp; baths and pools; Public; There vrcre 88,795 attendances, Sollies arJeen ao re^j’ular fortnightly intervals and tho results vrore satisfactory* (viii) Eradica.tion of bed bur:s; 1. (a) Council houses found to be infested - 7. (b) Other houses found to be infested - 15. All were disinfested. 2. Sane as previous year. 3 • ~dO“ 2f. -do- • ‘ 5• -do- SCHOQLS; No chanre. Rar; Flock Acts 1911 and 1928; Sane as 1938. PIffiia^^S_,_..'ljI)^OCCUP^JICTTS CONTROLLED BY BIEL^AiS OR REGUL..TIQNS; Sane as 1938, Fourteen visits were.paid to banbers and hairdressers premises, ^iTS i'xMD MCE (destruction) ACT; Nomad, v/ork v;as maintained, iJCD I’/ORI^L/i-CBS; At Deceniber 31st 1942 there were on the register — 144 mechanical factories,* 53 non-nechanical factories and 4-7 worlq)laces. SECTION D; HOUSING HOUSING STATISTICS 13h2,i ' • Number of new houses erected during the yean; (3) by other bodies and persons (4-) by Pub3.ic Utility Societies Inspection of d'welling houses during tho year; 1. (a) Total number inspected I5I (b) Number of inspections made 199 2. (a) Inspected under Housing ii.cts 50 (b) Number of inspections made 38 4» Number found not to be in all respects fit 38 2. Remedy of defects Number of houses rendered fit 33 Action under Statutory po^rors 4-. Housing Act 1938 Part IV - Overcrowding; (a) No, of dv/ellings overcrov/ded at end of year families dwelling therein M If persons ’’ (8) new cases f oimd (c) cases relieved II « persons concerned (d) ” ” dv/elling houses again overcrov/ded (e) Remarks same as 1938 5 4I A 8 99 2 SECTION E's BTSIECTION IM) SUPERVISICi'I OF FOOD. lilk Supply, including'; cream and ice cream. The work of supervision was maintained as far .as possible. Seven faras are registered for tho production of nilk, and thirteen persons are registered as retail purveyors of milk, ten of ViThom have premises v/ithin the district. One dairyman produces and retails Tuberculin Tested (Certified) Ivilk, one bottles and retails Tuberculin Tested Milk. Two dairymen retail Tuberculin Tested l.ilk. Five farmers produce and kvo dairymen retail Accredited l',£Llk, One application for a licence to pasteurise and sell Pastetirised Milk was grantedo Samples; Brief particulars of samples taken are as' follows;- Tuberculin Tested Milk. Number taken Average Count Lov/ost Count Highest Count Bacillus Coli Methylene Blue 4- 160,000 20,000 432,000 Present in 1/1000 ml. in ■ Test: Two samples failed. Accredited IN.Ik, Nuiiiber token 9 Average Count 50,755 Lowest Coimt 7,200 liighc st C ount 212,000 Bacillus Coli Present in l/lOOO ml in one sample.