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SECTION B.
SUMMARY OF HEALTH SERVICES.
I have sub-divided the services into those rendered by the
Council, services rendered by the Hospital Boards, and services
rendered by the County Council under Part III of the National
Health Service Act, and Voluntary Services.
I. Public Health Services Rendered by the Council.
One of the major services of the Health Department and,
one might add, one for which Sanitary Inspectors were first
appointed, is to deal with complaints and the abatement of
nuisances. A number of these are discovered by routine
inspection of the district but the great majority are brought to
our notice by members of the public.
It is pleasing to note that of the two hundred and ninety-eight
complaints received during the year, it was necessary only in
six cases to take recourse to legal action to secure an abatement
of the nuisance. These figures undoubtedly pay a tribute to the
tact and discretion of the Inspectors and, to my mind, are an
indication of good liaison with the public generally.
One of the essentials in the provision of this service is for
the officers of the department to be situated where they are
easily accessible to any member of the public and it is gratifying
to know that this essential will be achieved next year when
the Health Department will be accommodated in the main offices
of the Council at Crofton Pound Hill.
The other major services of the Public Health Department,
to which detailed reference is made under Sections C, D, E. F.
G. H. and J. of this report, are as follows :—
Infectious Diseases (Prevention and Notification).
Inspection of Food and Food Premises.
Inspection and Examination of Water and Milk Supplies.
Inspection of Factories and Shops.
Refuse Collection and Disposal.
Housing.
Inspection of Nursing Homes.
Rodent Control.
Atmospheric Pollution.
Health Education and all matters covered by the general
heading of Sanitary and Environmental Services.
In the Appendices (Nos. 1 to 5), is a summary of the work
of the Health Department.