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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION
No special campaigns were mounted during 1970, but, in their daily
contact with members of the public and food handlers particularly, the public
health inspectors constantly advise and instruct on matters of hygiene.
Formal instruction or organised groups on any aspect of Public Health
Inspection is readily given on request, and lectures were given to various schools
and organisations.
M.O.H. ANNUAL REPORT 1970
HOUSING
The work of the Public Health Inspectorate covers many aspects of housing,
in particular:—
1. the clearance of unfit areas of houses, individual unfit houses and
parts of houses.
2. the modernisation and improvement of the existing housing stock.
3. the repair and maintenance of existing housing stock.
4. the prevention of overcrowding, control of multiple occupation and
means of escape in case of fire.
5. the inspection of houses where qualification certificates are applied for.
1. Clearance
During 1970 the Council declared four Clearance areas containing 252 houses
with 996 persons. Twenty (20) houses were demolished.
2. Individual unfit houses and Parts of Houses
Action was taken under Part II of the Housing Act 1957 in respect of
twenty-three (23) individual unfit houses. Twenty-one (21) Closing Orders were
made and two (2) Demolition Orders. Three Closing Orders were determined.
Twenty-nine Closing Orders were made in respect of parts of buildings, i.e.
mainly underground rooms and attic rooms. Three undertakings not to use parts
of buildings for human habitation were accepted.