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direct contacts were also vaccinated and visited daily.
Although a further suspected case not connected with the
original confirmed case was removed to the isolation hospital for
observation within two days of the original case, fortunately this
proved not to be smallpox.
Owing to public demand, emergency arrangements for
vaccination sessions at County Council Centres and by all local
Doctors were immediately instituted, and within the space of a
fortnight a large percentage of the population of the Borough had
been vaccinated. A fuller report on this incident will be included
in the Report for 1962.
Because of the extensive clearance and demolition of unfit
houses in the Borough during the past decade, and an appreciable
improvement in the general standard of repair of houses, the housing
work of the Public Health Inspectors is changing. The accent is
now less on the abatement of nuisances and more on improvement grant
applications, the drive for clean air, and the reduction of noise in
all its forms.
The Council's programme for Clean Air continued to progress
satisfactorily. At the end of the year the Council had eleven
Areas covering some 1,750 acres of the Borough under Smoke Control,
with a further four Areas covering 1,100 acres due to come into
operation in the autumn of 1962. Preliminary surveys of further
large areas of the Borough were also being carried out at the end
of the year. Following a review of the Council's Clean Air
programme the target date by which the whole of the Borough should
be subject to Smoke Control was brought forward to 1968.
In conclusion, I welcome this opportunity of acknowledging
the help and co-operation I have received from the Members of the
Council, and from colleagues. I should also like to thank the
staff of my Department for their valued support during the year.
I am,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
T. STANDRING.
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