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SECTION B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
FOR THE AREA.
I have again sub-divided the services into services rendered
by the Council, services rendered by the Hospital Boards,
services rendered by the County Council under Part III of the
National Health Service Act, 1946, and Voluntary Services.
1. Public Health Services Rendered by the Council.
The major services of the Public Health Department, to
which detailed reference is made under Sections C, D, E. F. G
and J of this report are as follow :—
Enquiries into Complaints and the Abatement of Nuisances.
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.
On the 25th May the department moved into accommodation
on the ground floor of the main Council Offices at Crofton Pound
Hill and it is a great source of satisfaction to us that we have,
at last, a permanent source of administration which is easily
accessible to members of the public and from which contact may
quickly be made with other departments. I am sure the move
has brought about a greatly increased efficiency in our administration.
The number of complaints received from residents during
the year was two hundred and seventy-three, approximately the
same as for 1950 and, once again, it is pleasing to note that it
was necessary only in six cases to take recourse to formal action
to secure an abatement of the nuisance.
In the Appendices is a summary of the work of the Health
Department.