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CO-OPERATION WITH THE MILITARY SANITARY
SERVICE.
The Public Health Staff have continued to help the Military
Authorities in every possible way on the lines laid down by the
Local Government Board in various letters and memoranda.
DISINFECTION.
A total of 418 articles were disinfected for the military
during this period. A detailed statement will be found on page 30.
SANITARY WORK.
The tables on pages 42 to 48 summarise, as far as possible,
the Sanitary work of the Department; from this it will be seen that
a total of 11,614 houses and premises have been inspected or reinspected
during the year; 989 intimation notices have-been served,
and 211 statutory notices.
With the exception of prosecutions in connection with the Sale
of Food and Drugs Act, it was found necessary to institute Police
Court proceedings in two cases during the year.
There were altogether throughout the year 254 complaints
entered in the Public Complaints Register of the Department.
Bakehouses. One hundred and ninety-nine inspections have
been made of the various Bakehouses in the Borough, and 52
nuisances found therein have been abated as the result.
Factories and Workshops. Four hundred and seventeen
inspections have been paid to these premises within the Borough
during the year. There were 185 workshop premises on the
Register at the beginning of the year, 21 have been added during
the year, and 3 have been taken off, leaving a total now on the
Register of 203. This total includes 15 laundries, 29 dressmaking
and mantle works, 7 fuel and firewood works, 3 cycle works, 10
milliners, and various others, including workplaces, such as 4
blacksmiths, 14 bargebuilders, 3 builders' yards, etc. Five complaints
have been received from H.M. Inspector of Factories.
Outworkers' Register. Forty lists of Outworkers containing
129 names and addresses, have been received during the year
from the Medical Officers of Health for other Districts; 11 lists,
containing 18 names, have been received from employers within
the District; 30 names have been forwarded to other Districts,
thus giving a total of 117 names and addresses of outworkers
within the Borough. One hundred and fifty-nine visits of inspection
have been paid to these premises.