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At the beginning of the year there were 49 properties referred for
default action under the Public Health Art nuisance sections and during
the current year an additional 68 were added, making a total of 117
properties.
These were dealt with as follows :
102 repaired by owners.
1 legal proceedings instituted.
1 legal proceedings pending.
13 remaining outstanding and, of these, work is in progress
in seven instances.
In addition, works in the repair of drains, gutters and rainwater
pipes were carried out by the Borough Engineer in default of the owners
at five premises.
RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST RESTRICTIONS ACT,
1920 to 1939
During the year one certificate was issued under these Acts.
FOOD HYGIENE
In referring to this subject I want to stress that notwithstanding
my zeal for keeping the wrong things out of food, I am not likely to
forget the importance of putting the right things into it. In fact, I call
your special attention to my statements in my Report for 1947.
I want to strike a new note in this annual report, as I have dealt
with structural arrangements in food preparing places and the hygiene
of the trade personnel, previously. This time my theme is consumer
responsibility.
Our Sanitary Inspectors have improved the standard of hygiene
in the premises with the co-operation of the proprietors and employees,
but so far the public has not reacted sufficiently to the importance of
personal hygiene in their shopping practices and often in their home.
Let me instance three examples :
(1) Risk of infection by dogs taken into food establishments.
(2) Handling of food exposed for sale before purchase has been
made.
(3) Self-infection by dirty hands.
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