[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Stretford Borough.

  • Stretford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Stretford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Results of Service of notices— Statutory—Public Health Acts, Complied with ... • • • . • • * *» • •« Informal—Complied with or in hand Outstanding . Defects or nuisances discovered . Defects or nuisances abated . 84 284 57 1,065 795 In addition to the informal notices referred to above, letters of intimation as to nuisances have been sent in 509 cases, making a total of 850 instances in which informal action has been taken to obtain a remedy. Swimming Baths The two public swimming baths in the Borough are provided with continuous filtration and chlorination plants. There are no privately-owned swimming baths or pools in the Borough. Schools The sanitary condition of all primary and secondary schools is maintained in a satisfactory manner and the water supply to each school is from the Manchester Corporation. Each school is visited once every quarter by the Chief Public Health Inspector, who reports to the Committee for Education. Defects found are promptly remedied. PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS CONTROLLED BY BYE-LAWS OR REGULATIONS Offensive Trades There are a premises registered for the conduct of offensive trades (fat melting and gut scraping), the supervision of which is among the duties of the Public Health Inspectors. Full compliance with bye-law requirements has been maintained during the year, and the factory, is regarded as a model in regard to both layout and operation. Houses Let in Lodgings There are no “ common lodging houses ” in the Borough, but there is still a large number of houses let off in rooms (“ houses let in lodgings/’ “flats ”) with inadequate amenities for each individual family.