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to avoid the necessity which frequently arises to admit such persons
to hospital. A twice weekly collection of soiled laundry and delivery
of clean laundry was instituted. This service is entirely free and will
be made available to any patient on the application of the family
Doctor or relative.
Work on Food Hygiene continues and the statistics in the body
of this report will show the work done by Public Health Inspectors
to ensure that the provisions of the Food Hygiene regulations were
carried out in shops in the Borough. In one case it was necessary
to prosecute the owner of a shop for failing to provide facilities for
washing equipment, and a fine was subsequently imposed. However,
the vast majority of Food Traders accepted the fact that the regulations
were designed to protect the public from food infections and
willingly complied with the regulations.
I would like to end by giving my sincere thanks to the Staff of
the Health Department for their loyal and cheerful assistance throughout
the year and to the Chairman and Members of the Health
Committee for their continued encouragement and support.
A. W. HAY,
Medical Officer of Health
(until 30th April, 1958).
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