View report page

17. Rodent Infestations. Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949,
Sec. 2 (2).
Circular No. PDP/1950/3 from Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries. (See page 40
for report on Rodent Control.)
18. Register of Contraventions. Contains a list of all premises in
respect of which authority is required to serve a statutory notice, and
recommendations with regard to applications for certificates of disrepair
and revocation. The register is submitted to each meeting of the
Health Committee and the Borough Council.
19. Aged and Infirm Persons. Records are kept of all old and infirm
persons who come to the notice of the department. Home nursing,
home help, medical care or admission to homes or hospital can then be
arranged expeditiously when necessary.
In addition to the above the following registers are maintained. The
purpose of these is evident from their titles.
20. Record of Drains Tested. Public Health Act, 1936, Sec. 48.
21. Premises and Articles Cleansed. Public Health Act, 1936, Sees.
83 and 84.
22. Medical Examination of Staff and Employees.
23. Legal Proceedings.
24. Burials under the National Assistance Act, 1948, Sec. 50.
25. Deaths of Hornsey Residents.
26. Housing Priority on Medical Grounds.
WELFARE OF OLD PEOPLE
During 1955 31 cases were referred to the Health Department.
This compares with 25 in the previous year and 18 in 1953. That the
number of references is still further on the increase can be judged from
the fact that during the first quarter of 1956 21 cases came to the:
notice of the Department.
In only one case was court action taken. He was a man of 86 years
of age referred by the Area Welfare Officer. At that time this man
had recently had a fall and was badly shaken. On being visited he agreed
to go into a home under protest but when the Area Welfare Officer
called he once more refused. When seen by his own doctor he again
agreed that it would be better for him to be in a home but when faced
with the actual decision he again refused. The home conditions were
not bad as he was cared for by a neighbour and a niece. However,
58