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NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948 - SECTION 47 o
The above section of the National Assistance Act, 1948, deals with the
removal to suitable premises of persons in need of care and attention,
I am informed by the Chief Officer of Welfare Services it has not been
found necessary for action to be taken under this section during the year.
WATER SUPPLY.
(i) The water supply of the Borough in its several parts has been
satisfactory both in quality and quantity.
(ii) All houses in the area have water services laid on from the
Metropolitan Water Board's mains. No bacteriological or
chemical analyses were made by this Authority on the raw water
going into supply.
(iii) The water supply of this district, from the Metropolitan Water
Board does not give rise to plumbo-solvent action.
(iv) There were no contamination areas.
MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
No slaughterhouse was in use in the Borough during the year, Details
of the work carried out in the inspection of premises, stalls and vehicles
used for the storage, preparation and sale of food including ice-cream, are
included in the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector.
FOOD POlSONlNG.
In accordance with Ministry of Health Circular 46/49, the following
information was supplied
(1) Food Poisoning Notifications (Corrected) Return to RegistrarGeneral
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1st Quar0000ter Nil
2nd Quarter Nil
3rd Quarter 8
4th Quarter Nil
Total 8
(2) There were no outbreaks during the year due to identified agents,,
(3) There was one outbreak of undiscovered cause during the year*
(4) Single cases:-
Agent identified Nil
Unknown cause
Total 4
CLEAN FOOD CAMPAIGN
Reference was made in the 1951 report to the formation of a Food
Hygiene Guild in the borough.
1 am now able to write that the Guild is formly established and will
play no small part in banishing food poinoning from the borough
A large measure of praise is due to Mr.D.G. Tonkin, the Chief
Sanitary Insepctor, and his staff, who have not spared themselves in the
heavy spade-work necessary to win over the more hostile sections of the
food distributing trades and to advise other shopkeepers how their