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CO-OPERATION WITH THE MILITARY SANITARY SERVICE.
The Public Health Staff have continued to help the Military
Authorities in every possible way on the lines laid down by the
Local Government Board in various letters and memoranda.
The sanitary arrangements of the important Military camps
formed in the Borough during the past year have been put into a
satisfactory condition; the work of the Sanitary Inspectors in
this direction has undoubtedly been of the first importance in
bringing about this desirable state of affairs.
SANITARY WORK.
The Tables on pages 65 to 69 summarise, as far as possible,
the Sanitary work of the Department; from his it will be seen
that a total of 11,173 houses and premises have been inspected or
re-inspected during the year; 856 intimation notices have been
served, and 173 statutory notices.
With the exception of prosecutions in connection with the Sale
of Food and Drugs Act, it was not found necessary to institute
Police Court Proceedings in any case during the year.
There were altogether throughout the year 423 complaints
entered in the Public Complaints Register of the Department; these
were in each case carefully investigated, and any necessary action
immediately taken; thus there are none of these matters left outstanding
or unattended to.
Bakehouses. One hundred and thirty-one inspections have been
made of the various Bakehouses in the Borough, and 49 nuisances
found therein have been abated as the result.
Factories and Workshops. Two hundred and thirty-nine inspections
have been paid to these premises within the Borough during
the year. There were 212 workshop premises on the Register at the
beginning of the year, 3 have been added during the year, and 30
have been taken off, leaving a total now on the Register of 185.
This total includes 15 laundries, 31 dressmaking and mantle works,
7 fuel and firewood works, 3 cycle works, 8 milliners and various
others, including workplaces, such as 4 blacksmiths, 14 barge
builders, 3 builders' yards, etc. One complaint has been received
from H.M. Inspector.
Outworkers' Register. Seventy lists of Outworkers, containing
208 names and addresses, have been received during the year from
the Medical Officers of Health for other Districts; 34 lists,
containing 112 names, have been received from employers within the
District; 63 names have been for warded to other Districts, thus
giving a total of 257 names and addresses of outworkers within the
Borough. One hundred and fifty-two visits of inspection have
been paid to these premises.
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