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Factories are subject to inspection by H.M. Inspector
of Factories, but it is the duty of the Local Authority to
inspect the sanitary accommodation and to see that any
sanitary defects are remedied. H.M. Inspector sends
notification of any defects he has discovered so that
appropriate action may be taken.
For some years now a spirit of helpful co-operation
has existed between H.M. Inspector for the district and
your officers. Notes are compared at convenient intervals,
and overlapping is avoided.
DISINFECTION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The numbers of rooms disinfected and articles passed
through the steam disinfector during 1934 were lower than
in the previous year.
There were 161 rooms in 135 houses sprayed and
fumigated with formalin in the case of ordinary infectious
diseases and in the case of verminous rooms, special
insecticide liquids were used together with sulphur dioxide.
Spraying and fumigation of rooms and steam treatment
of bedding etc. is carried out at the request of occupiers in
cases other than ordinary notifiable diseases. A charge,
sufficient to cover the cost of the work, is made in such
cases.
1,282 articles were passed through the steam disinfector.
The infectious disease ambulance is constructed for
the dual purpose of removing patients to hospital and for
the conveyance of bedding to and from the disinfecting
station.
Two hundred and fifteen visits were made in
connection with infectious disease enquiries. The results
of the investigations were passed to the Medical Officer of
Health.