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The water for filling the baths is obtained from the mains supply. It is regularly chlorinated and
plant of sufficient capacity to insure breakdown conditions is installed at each bath.

SANITARY SECTION
Staff
At the beginning of the year the establishment of the Public Health Inspectors' section included a
Chief Public Health Inspector, a Deputy, 18 district inspectors and five pupils. District inspectors with 10
years' experience and the Smoke Inspectors' Certificate in addition to the statutory qualification and Meat
and Other Foods Certificate were graded Scale A; those with the statutory qualification and Meat and Other
Foods Certificate or the Diploma of the Public Health Inspectors' Education Board were graded APT IV;
and those with the statutory qualification only were graded APT III.
In April the Council increased the establishment of district inspectors from 18 to 22 to deal with the
problem of multi-occupation. They also introduced casual user car allowance for any inspector who used
his car on official business. These four new posts together with a vacancy which existed at the beginning of the
year were advertised, but no applications were received. In July one of the existing inspectors resigned and
by October there were eight vacancies with another resignation pending. Further advertisements met with no
response.
In November, the Council considered the serious position which had arisen and decided that inspectors
with three certificates and seven years' experience should be graded Scale B; those with the statutory
qualification and Meat and Other Foods Certificate, or the Diploma of the Public Health Inspectors' Education
Board should be graded Scale A; and those with the statutory qualification only should be graded APT
IV. It was also decided that all inspectors should be granted an essential user car allowance.
Advertisements were issued in December and five of the nine vacancies were filled in January. It is
still difficult to recruit suitable staff, but further advertisements will be issued in 1965 in an endeavour to fill
the establishment.
One pupil was on the staff at the beginning of the year. He qualified in November and was appointed.
Three appointments were made in September leaving two vacancies.
The Rodent Officer and three operatives are employed in the destruction of rats and mice; and two
labourers on disinfestation, disinfection, drain testing and general duties.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA
Details of inspections carried out are shown in Table 29 and four inspectors were engaged on special
surveys: one on the south part of Carlton Ward, two on the smoke control areas, and one on Rachmantype
problems.
Demolition and Closing Orders (Table 25)
Two closing orders and one demolition order were made during the year.
Slum Clearance and Area Redevelopment
During the year one area, Rudolph Road and Cambridge Road (17 houses) was surveyed. The conditions
found were officially reported to the Council by the Chief Public Health Inspector and slum clearance
action was initiated.
A public inquiry into the Winchester Avenue Compulsory Purchase Order was held in March and
duly confirmed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government.
House-to-house inspection and multiple occupation
House-to-house inspection was carried out during the year in every ward in the borough. Although
hampered by acute shortage of staff a great deal of work was done in combating multiple occupation to
secure the provision of amenities and general repair. This is proving to be a most time-consuming project
and many additional public health inspectors must be recruited before any appreciable inroads into the
problem can be made.
201 notices under section 15, Housing Act, 1961, requiring the provision of additional amenities, and
387 directions under section 19 of the Act to overcome overcrowding in houses in multiple occupation were
served.
Control Orders under section 73 of the Housing Act, 1964, were served on the owners of 12 houses.