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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL,
CHIEF SANTTARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
Public Health Department,
10 Wood Street,
Barnet.
To the Chairman and Members of
the Barnet Urban District Council.
Mrs. Strugnell and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report giving particulars of
the measures carried out in my Department during the year 1939, in administering
the Health Acts and Bye-Laws in force in the District.
INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
General Inspections of the District have been carried out from time to time
and all complaints investigated.
The course of serving a preliminary or intimation notice upon the person in
default, specifying the works necessary to abate the nuisance, continues to be
followed, and only if a person fails to comply with this preliminary notice, or
strict legal procedure is necessary in the first instance, is the matter reported
to the Council and a statutory notice asked for.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT-, 19^6.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES - INVESTIGATIONS AND DISINFECTIONS.
The Infectious Diseases enumerated below have been investigated and reported
upon to your Medical Officer of Health;- Scarlet Fever 54; Diphtheria 3>
Erysipelas 6; Poliomyelitis 2; and Pulmonary Tuberculosis 17.
Sixty houses were disinfected wherein cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases
occurred, and bedding sent to be steam disinfected in certain cases.
In addition 3 houses were disinfected on request, after cases of nonnotifiable
diseases. In such cases a charge of 5/- is made to cover labour and
material.
Thirty library books from infectious houses were disinfected or destroyed.
DAIRIES. COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
The number of persons registered to sell milk is thirty-two, viz:II
Dairies and Cowsheds.
21 Milkshops and Purveyors of Milk.
Thirty-three inspections were made, and particular attention paid to the
hygienic essentials necessary for a pure milk production and distribution.