[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Cranbrook R.D.C.

  • Cranbrook (Kent, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Cranbrook R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    An undertaking \ve,s received from the owner that four cottages previously represented as unfit and not capable of being made fit at reasonable cost, would not be re-let. Two of the cottages arc- now empty. Court proceedings were instigated in respect of repairs to one cottage and resulted in the necessary works being carried out by the owner after a long delay. Meat and Food Inspection. 7\rith the continued control by the Ministry of Food over slaughtering, the slaughterhouses in the district have not been in use except for the killing of a small number of cottagers' pigs. Milk. Much of the milk supplied to the area is now delivered to the retailers in bottles as pasteurised or tuberculin tested milk. Ice Cres,m. The premises registered for the sale of ice cream all obtain their supplies from outside the district, and the bulk of the ice cream is now pre-wrapped. Hop-pickers' Camps. The usuaJ attention was given to hop-pickers' camps during the season. All the camps were inspected prior to the arrival of the hop-pickers, and as much time as possible spent on inspections during occupation. The first part of the picking sea.son was favoured vvith good weather, and during this time the general sanitary conditions were satisfactory. With the deterioration of the weather, however, the need for adequate paving outside huts and cookhouses and to water points in bad weather was demonstrated. Fortunately, most of the huts now have impervious floors, and although under the byelaws these cannot be enforced in existing huts, farmers are encouraged to provide the m. Two hop-picking machines 'were in use during the season and appear to function satisfactorily. An inspection of C£i.mps 'was carried out during the picking season by Dr. H.iu, Flliott of the Ministry of Health. Clean Food. Routine inspections have been carried out of premises where food is prepared, and conditions are generally satiefactory. 21.