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All the sites are provided with a water closet, a water
supply, and a sufficient number of dustbins.
In two cases the sites are concrete paved.
Every endeavour is being made to reduce the number of
these dwellings on certain sites, and up to the present time
5 have been removed from one site, 3 from another, and
1 from a third. The owners have been warned against any
attempt at replacement.
By section 76 of the Wimbledon Corporation Act, 1933,
additional powers are given for dealing with these dwellings,
but as the section was not in force at the end of the year,
the matter cannot be dealt with in this Report.
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops.—Six applications were
received during the year from persons desirous of being
registered under the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act,
1915, the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, and the
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
Eighty-four inspections have been made of the premises
of dairymen and purveyors of milk in the district, during
which certain matters were discovered which required to be
dealt with by the Public Health Department.
As in previous years, much attention has been paid to
retailers of milk in the Borough, particularly with regard to
bottling in the streets. Milk is an article of diet which
demands scrupulous cleanliness and care in handling, and I
am convinced that the time spent by the department's
officers in supervision is well repaid.
The fact that offenders, who I am sure are few in
number, are difficult to catch is evident by the fact that not
a single case has been reported to the Authority throughout
the year. I am, however, satisfied that in course of time
this type of offender will be stamped out, and no one will
be more pleased than the conscientious dairyman.
Infectious Disease and Disinfection.—During the year,
visits for the purpose of investigating cases of notifiable
infectious disease were made to 187 houses. Special visits
were also made, as required, for the purpose of following
up and enquiring after the health of persons who had been
passengers on vessels coming into this country on which cases
of infectious disease had occurred, and of which notice had
been received at the Public Health Office from the Port
Sanitary Authorities concerned.
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