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(10) Workshops, Workplaces, etc.
There are 90 workshops and workplaces on the
Register, which is required to be kept by the Local
Authority, but of these a number are " Domestic " workshops,
i.e., only members of the family are employed.
These have been inspected during the year, and in
3 cases it was found necessary to serve notice to remedy
some defect.
One notice referred to overcrowding in the workshop,
one notice required the lime-washing of walls and
ceiling, and the third required the remedying of a defective
sanitary convenience. They were all complied with.
Eight lists of " Outworkers " were received from
other Local Authorities, but none from employers in the
District; the premises occupied by these outworkers have
been inspected, and found satisfactory in every case.
C.—Sanitary Administration of the District.
(1) Staff ; Work of Inspector of Nuisances and other
Officers engaged in Sanitary Work.
The Staff consists of myself as Medical Officer of
Health, Medical Officer in charge of the Sanatorium for
Infectious Diseases and School Medical Officer; D. B.
Davies, as Inspector of Nuisances, he holds the certificate
of the Royal Sanitary Institute as Inspector of Nuisances,
and for the inspection of Meat and other foods; T.
Vaughan as Assistant Sanitary Inspector, he holds the
same certificates, and his duties have been chiefly the inspection
of houses under the Housing and Town Planning
Act, 1909; no Clerk is provided, and this necessitates the
Inspectors themselves doing the clerical work of the department,
which could be equally well done by a Clerk,
an arrangement which would relieve the highly-trained
Inspectors, and give them more time for their own special
duties.
(2) H ospital Accommodation.
The Sanatorium for Infectious Diseases is situated at
Little Heath, Belvedere, near the centre of the southern
boundary of the District.
It consists of an administration block, one block of
two wards (containing four beds each) for Diphtheria, and
two wards (14 beds in each) for Scarlet Fever. These are
all brick-built.