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the Council and all necessary cleansing of premises was
carried out. 70 Families were affected and the total cost of
bedding and disinfectants supplied was £137 12s. 3d.
Food Control Orders.—From the 2nd July, 1917, to
31st December, 1917, the Food Control Orders, relating
mainly to fixed prices, were administered by the Sanitary
inspectors under the direction of the Health Committee, but
a subsequent order of the Food Controller placed the administration
of these orders on the Food Control Committee as
from the 1st January, 1918. During the period that the
orders were administered by the Health Department 126
orders were issued by the Food Controller, 1,082 shops were
visited to detect infringements and 128 cautions were given.
Shops Acts.—Owing to the Shops Inspectors being
engaged on other work, the administration of the Shops
Acts and the Employment of Children Act were placed upon
the Health Department as from the 25th September, 1917.
From that period to the end of the year 648 shops were
visited and 75 infringements of the Shops Acts and Orders
were detected.
Regulations, Housing, etc.—The work of Housing
and Abatement of Nuisances has been largely in abeyance
during the year owing to the difficulty of securing labour and
materials for the necessary remedial measures. An enormous
amount of work in this direction remains to be done
after the war, and is a matter to which the Health Committee
will have to devote a very large amount of attention, as
housing and health are indissolubly related.
I am,
Your obedient servant,
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer of Health.