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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Solitary Inspectors.
Total number of inspections 13,790
Total number of reinspections 26,344
Total number of intimation notices served 3,691
Total number of nuisance notices served 1,888
Women Sanitary Inspectors.
Total number of visits and inspections (factories
workplaces, infectious disease, etc.) 2,263
Total number of revisits 422
Total number of intimation notices served 81
Total number of nuisance notices served
Workshops in which defects were found 81
The relaxation of restrictions upon repairs has to some extant
relieved property owners but the mounting burden of costs of all
kinds upon a fixed rent quite out of touch with realities continues
to impose great hardships. The Council where Court Orders are
ignored themselves step in and carry out the repairs collecting
the rents to recoup themselves and registering a charge upon the
property. At the end of the year there were 66 cases outstanding
from which some £5459 was owing while in 6 others the estimated
cost of works approved but not completed was £511.
SCABIES AND VERMINOUS PERSONS
Cleansing Centre.
A total of 343 persons were treated at the cleansing station
and given 410 treatments, compared with 249 persons treated in
the previous year.
The number of cases of scabies notified, 36, compares with
43 in 1951, 40 in 1950, 68 in 1949, 125 in 1948, 310 in 1947,
758 in 1946 and 851 in 1945. More settled conditions of life and
modern treatments have both conduced to this end.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACTS, 1948 and 1951
Section 47. Removal to suitable premises of persons in need of
care and attention.
It was necessary in one case to apply to the Court for the
compulsory removal of one old woman and her detention in hospital
for three months. She was incontinent and so caused considerable
nuisance to other people in the house as she was otherwise in
good health, active and capable of looking after herself. The
object behind the application was to get her in to hospital where
a simple appliance could be fitted to make her life much more
comfortable. Unfortunately she was impervious to pleadings
promises and threats and left hospital triumphantly at the end
of her compulsory stay in the same condition as when she was
admitted. This is quite a remarkable victory for upwards of four
score years.