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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
the medical practioners in attendance to have been disinfected
to their satisfaction. 319 lots of bedding, &c.,have
been disinfected by steam by the contractor, and 1 lot of
bedding has been burnt.
The difficulty in finding a site for the proposed disinfecting
apparatus, has caused the matter to be still in
abeyance. Notices to strip and cleanse 340 rooms were
served, and 80 rooms were cleansed by the Board's
employees.
Unsound Food. The following articles were destroyed as
being unsound and unfit for human food:—
1 box of skate, 1 barrel of haddock, 1 box of lemon soles,
1 box of tomatoes, 2 kits of fresh herring, 1 kit of haddock.
Underground
Rooms.
Only six were known to be separately occupied
in accordance with the provisions of the Public
Health Act. They were regularly inspected. Two other
instances of such occupation were found in rooms that did
not comply with the requirements, and they were vacated
on service of notice.
Workshops.
The number on the register was 117, and they
were regularly inspected. 4 required cleansing,
in 3 the water-closets needed to be properly screened, both
sexes being employed, 2 additional water-closets were constructed
and 17 existing water-closets were repaired,
1 drain was repaired and 1 accumulation of refuse removed.
Bakehouses. They were inspected twice during the year
and were 47 in number. Lime-whiting was
required in 10 instances in May and 13 in October.
Cowhouses and
Slaughterhouses
All were inspected in September, and no
objection was made to the renewal of the
licenses.