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OFFENSIVE TRADES.
The only Offensive Trades carried out in the Wembley
district are those of Fish Frying and Fat Extraction.
The premises are frequently inspected and are well conducted.
Every application for permission to establish a Fish
Fiying business is very carefully scrutinized by the Council,
consideration being given to the special need and to the exact
locality.
Legal proceedings were taken against an offender for
establishing and carrying on the offensive trade of Fish Frying
without the consent of the Council, and a conviction was
obtained in respect of each offence, a fine of £5 with £5 5s.
costs being imposed.
No complaints were received in the case of the business
of Fat Extraction during the year.
LENDING LIBRARIES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Recently I have drawn the Council's attention to the fact
that books from Lending Libraries are brought into contact
with notifiable infectious disease, such as scarlet fever, pulmonary
tuberculosis (consumption) and diphtheria. The
matter is serious as it may mean the propagation of disease
and usually the loss of the books. Often it implies want of
care on the part of the patient, and also of the librarian. I
was instructed to draw the County Librarian's attention to the
matter, and request the managers of the local lending libraries
to exhibit a warning notice that books are, on no account, tc
come in contact with any person suffering from an infectious
disease.
NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The practice which has been in force with regard to the
exclusion notices received from the various schools still
continues and in any case where it is necessary that further
enquiries should be made a visit is paid to the home by one
of your Public Health Staff, and in cases of doubt parents
are persuaded to arrange for a child to be seen by a medical
practitioner. Where a number of cases of infectious disease
have occurred in schools, it has always been my custom to
ascertain the names of those absent and to investigate the
cause of such absence.
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