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100 visits were made to outworkers premises.
Radioactive Substances Act 1960
During the year, the Council received, from the Department of the Environment, details of Certificates issued
under Section 1 of the above act in respect of three premises.
These premises were visited by one of the Senior Public Health Inspectors, in order that the department may
continue to be kept informed of the levels and uses of radioactive materials within the Borough.
It is interesting to record that these materials are used in many ways, some uses being purely experimental and
others of very practical application. An example of the latter is in the use of radioactive materials, in minute
quantities, which form the basis of fire detectors. These can detect the presence of smoke and, in consequence, set
off fire alarm systems within buildings and operate relays so that doors, normally required to be left open in the
course of business, can be closed automatically to prevent the spread of a fire; and so leave a safe exist route for
those persons left within the building.
STUDENT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
The Department has an establishment of eight student public health inspectors, with two pupils on each year of
the four-year course. They attend the Education Board Diploma day-release course at the Tottenham Technical
College.
The in-service training is directly supervised by a Senior Public Health Inspector who has steadily expanded and
developed their programme of practical work, to ensure that, when qualified, the officer has had a very full
experience of the best methods of dealing with the problems he is likely to meet with as a public health inspector.
Two students completed their training during the year and passed their final examination for the Public Health
Inspector's Diploma, and two new pupils were recruited. It is pleasing to record that the educational standard of
applicants for appointment is steadily improving.
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