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Private Patients removed to Hospital or
Infirmary 27
Gipsy Vans removed from District 13
Articles or parcels of unsound food destroyed,
or otherwise disposed of 52
Realising the importance of securing as speedily as possible the
iamoval of all insanitary conditions, especially in connection with
dwellings, our constant endeavour has been to obtain the carrying
out of necessary works without delay. While labour seemed more
abundant we found ourselves frequently hampered by the difficulties
which owners experienced in procuring the materials and fittings
required. It was only in a comparatively few cases where legal
proceedings had to be threatened, and a warning from the Council
proved sufficient in each case in securing the carrying out of the
works required.
The number of visits paid re children excluded from Elementary
Schools during the year was 1,197, and the total number of inspections
and visits for all purposes made by the Staff of the Sanitary
Department was 24,455.
REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
During the year the question of adopting Motor Transport was
under consideration and after the matter was gone into very carefully
by the Council the approval of the Ministry of Health was
received for the purchase of a two-ton Edison Electric Vehicle.
Unfortunately however, the makers were unable to promise delivery
before the early part of the new year.
A good quantity of refuse was disposed of in the brickfields,
and the remainder taken to the Council's Depot, Carterhatch Lane,
where it is levelled and covered with earth, which afterwards becomes
useful for allotments.
The quantity of refuse collected during the year was approximately
8,307 tons.
Quantities of trade refuse were also collected from business
premises for which a charge was made.