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Mr. Jones acts as Inspector under the sale of Food
and Drugs Acts and supervises the dairies, milkshops
and slaughterhouses.
Mr. Parsons supervises the construction of new
drains and the reconstruction of systems of combined
drainage for which the Council are responsible.
Messrs. Grigg, Manning, Lloyd, Clutterbuck, Gentry,
and Canton have districts assigned to them, and, in
addition to their routine work of attending to complaints,
securing the abatement of nuisances, inspection
of workshops, etc., are now carrying out the continuous
survey of their districts required by the Housing
Acts.
Mr. Drake makes enquiries into cases of infectious
diseases occurring throughout the borough.
Mrs. Davies is responsible for the condition of the
factories and workshops where women are employed,
the inspection of the homes of outworkers.
Four Health Visitors : Mrs. Bryning, Misses
Durnford, Becket and Perrot.
Clerical Staff.—Chief Clerk, Mr. A. T. Hurford
and 3 Junior Clerks.
Bacteriological Work.—The following bacteriological
examinations were made either by Dr. Burnet or at the
laboratory of the Tuberculosis Dispensary:—
Number of Specimens.
Material from Cases of Suspected Diphtheria.
Diphtheria bacillus isolated 81
Negative results 458
539
Blood from cases of Suspected Enteric Fever.
Vidal or typhoid reaction obtained 6
Negative result 18
24
Sputa from cases of Suspected Tuberculosis.
Tubercle bacillus found 230
Not found 887
1,117
Examinations for other organisms 26
Wasserman tests. 4
Blood examinations 19