[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Loughborough Borough.

  • Loughborough (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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    Sanitary Insp^acrbo-ir-1 e Town Hall, Loughborough. 1Oth April, 1940. ANNUAL REPORT OP THE SANITARY INSPECTOR FOR THE YEAR 1939= To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Loughborough. Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have pleasure in presenting to you my Thirty-first Annual Report 0n the operations of the Sanitary Department for the year ending December 31st, 1939. We have been requested by the Ministry to make it as brief and concise as possiblef It has been a busy year and I wish to thank the Health Committee, my assistants and clerks for their useful help at all timeSo I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, H. BINTCLIFFE. DESCRIPTION OF WORK CARRIED OUT. Number of notices issued.1i........... *. 289 complied withe ... 263 houses re-inspected.....2741 house to house inspections. 332 infected houses visited. ... 41 2 rooms fumigated.... .... 472 infected- rooms sprayed. .... 711 lots of infected beds stoved at Farm. 27 • u destroyed at Farm. 30 drains and other inspections..10563 complaints received....... e. 66 communications re dust removals. 57 Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk shops inspections. 640 Factories inspected... 1 96 Outworkers inspected.... . 242 Tents, Vans & sheds inspections. 2 Offensive trades.. 279 Drains tested... 246 Smoke observations........ 11 Samples of milk taken for Bact. examination. 62 ” Slaughterhouses inspected during office hours 2221 ** evenings and Sundays.. 875 Meat stalls and stores inspected... 565 Samples of water taken for analysis. 10 Food stores insp. other than where meat is kept.... 360 Inspections under Housing Overcrowding Act.. 147 Premises treated for Vermin. .. 53 Shops inspected... 348 ” Canal boats inspected. 36