[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Sherborne R.D.C.

  • Sherborne (Dorset, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Sherborne R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The provision of standard grants is undoubtedly a most valuable step towards making properties lacking basic amenities more habitable and it is only regretted that an increasing number of such grants are not sought, particularly in respect to rented property. Provision of Nev; Houses and Re-Housing Eighty three new houses v/ere built in the district by private enterprise (compared with sixty four in 1962) and four by the District Council, Although during the year the Council only built four new houses (old people’s bungalows) it is satis¬ factory to note that the Council has now adopted a policy of renewed unrestricted building both for old peoples dwellings as well as for general purpose needs. The Council house waiting list still reflects a present shortage of houses to let in the district and any action to ameliorate the conditions under which some of these applicants are living is welcomed. One hundred and eleven applicants were on the Council house waiting list at the end of the year, of which eighty three were resident in the district, compared with seventy four and twenty one respectively, at the end of 1962, Twenty six applicants were re-housed by the Council during the year. INSPECTION AIID SUPERVISION OP POOD SUPPLIES 1, Milk Pood & Drugs Act, 1955 No. of ’Dealers’ subject to regis¬ tration by the District Council _3 No. of ’dairies’ in the district subject to registration_1 No. of ’Distributors’ subject to registration _3 Sample s Three hundred and thirteen samples of milk were taken and submitted for examination during the year. t^ilk & Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959 Again, complaints were received during the year, from outside the district, in respect to alleged un¬ clean milk bottles filled at a dairy in your district. This matter requires constant attention and supervision.