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New legislation passed during the year has added to the duty and powers of
the Council, and in one instance has given an additional power to the Officers of
the Council, i.e. emergency clearance of blocked drains.
The Council during the year accepted from the Royal Technical College,
Salford, for practical training in the department, an overseas trainee public
health inspector who was in the second year of his three year course. In
connection with this scheme, we learned during the year that an earlier pupil,
who spent the summer of 1958 in the department, had since passed his examinations
as Public Health Inspector and as Inspector of Heat and Other Poods.
I must express my appreciation to the staff of the Public Health Department
for their continued support and the team spirit which pervades at all times,
and to thank all the officers of the Council for their assistance and cooperation.
INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
General inspections of the district have been carried out periodically and
all complaints investigated.
The process of serving a preliminary or intimation notice upon the person in
default, specifying the works necessary to remedy the defects found, is usually
followed. It was found necessary to ask your authority to serve twentyeight
Statutory Notices, where persons failed to comply with the preliminary
notice, or the strict legal procedure was necessary in the first instance.