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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH
Mr. H. Hoyland
Chief Public Health Inspector
For the purpose of district inspection, the borough is divided into
three areas - north, central and south. The overall supervision of each
area is the responsibility of a senior district inspector. The three
areas are sub-divided to form twelve districts, these being the
responsibility of twelve district inspectors, including the three
seniors. Unfortunately, owing to staff shortages, some district
inspectors have frequently had to control two or more districts
resulting in unavoidable curtailment of routine inspections.
In addition to district duties, there are inspectors and assistants
engaged on the following specialised work:-
(1) One senior housing inspector with a team of five inspectors
engaged exclusively on duties in connection with houses in
multiple occupation in specified areas which are being
dealt with street by street.
(2) One senior housing inspector dealing with slum clearance
and underground rooms.
(3) One senior inspector dealing with improvement grants,
mortgage applications and overcrowding.
(4) One senior inspector with one unqualified assistant
engaged on duties under the Clean Air Act, 1956, in
connection with the making of Smoke Control Orders and
atmospheric pollution recordings.
(5) One senior inspector engaged on duties in connection with
the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963,
together with special duties for pilot schemes, research
projects and exhibitions.
(6) One senior inspector dealing exclusively with the
sampling of food and drugs, fertilisers, feeding stuffs
and rag flock and other filling materials used in the
upholstery trade, together with the investigation of all
complaints in connection with these products.
The inspectors are supported in their work by two unqualified
assistants, including the one referred to above, two drainage
assistants, together with a rodent officer with six assistant
rodent officers, and the chief disinfector with six assistants.
During the year, 2866 complaints were received involving
36,992 inspections and re-inspections.
In only 101 cases was it necessary to resort to legal
proceedings, thirty-eight of these proceedings being concerned with
offences under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955.