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Under Section 47, an application was made to the Local
Magistrates Court for an Order for the removal of an elderly person
who was living alone under very insanitary conditions and was
unable to devote to herself proper care and attention. Every effort
was made to persuade this person voluntarily to enter a suitable
Home but without avail. Efforts were also made to trace relatives
who might have been able to care for her but these efforts met
with no success. After full consideration of the circumstances the
Court made an Order for removal for a period of three months
to Redhill House.
Subsequently the house which the elderly person had occupied
and which was the subject of a Demolition Order, was pulled down
and the site cleared.
THE WORK OF THE SANITARY INSPECTORS IN 1951.
I append a report to the Medical Officer of Health by the Chief
Sanitary Inspector.
For the greater part of the year the Sanitary Inspectors'
Staff has been below establishment. This has resulted in some
reduction in the number of re-inspections of works in progress
and in the number of regular routine inspections of food premises,
etc.
The following tables give details of the work of the Sanitary
Inspectors during the year: