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School Sanitation
Twenty-seven visits were paid to schools during the year. As co-operation between the
Education Department, Schools and Public Health Department staffs is excellent, visits are
usually made following requests from the Education Officer or School Head Teacher, and
are usually because of emergency sanitary defects.
Towards the end of the year the inspection of sanitary accommodation at all schools
was completed, and deficiencies were reported to the Public Health Committee and transmitted
to the Divisional Executive for the necessary action.
This review showed that much work had been completed since the first main inspection
in the years 1949 and 1950, when it was found necessary to state that in general, the sanitary
conditions in the Southall schools were far from satisfactory.
While there still remains certain defects in the total provision of watercloset accommodation
as compared with the standards laid down in the School Premises Regulations, this
is considerable only in three of the schools. In two of these, provision has been made by
the Education Divisional Executive of money for building of new sanitary accommodation
in the forthcoming year, and in the third, the number of schoolchildren will be reduced
very greatly by the substitution of a new school which is in course of erection and is likely
to be ready towards the end of 1955.
In 1954, two modern schools for infants and juniors were opened, one in the north and
one in the south of the Borough. This relieved the congestion in four of the older schools,
and therefore brought the lavatory and watercloset provision in these schools more in line
with the Regulations. Improved washing facilities have been provided in four of the older
schools in Southall, and plans are prepared for similar provision in three more.
In many of the infant schools, provision has been made in recent years for individual
towels to be used by the children, and now a scheme has been approved for all schools to be
supplied with paper towels for the use of the pupils. This is a most important improvement
in school hygiene whereby it is hoped that the risk of transfer of many of the infectious
diseases will be greatly reduced.
Eradication of Bed Bugs
Statistics for the year:—
(a) Number of Council houses
(1) Found to be infested 4
(2) Disinfested during the year 4
(b) Number of other houses
(1) Found to be infested 8
(2) Disinfested during the year 8,
Total 12
Canal Boats
Visits were paid to the canal, and 5 boats were inspected. The condition of boats and
occupants was satisfactory. There were no complaint notices issued by other authorities.
Mortuary and Post-Mortem Room
The mortuary, situated in Havelock Road, provides adequate accommodation for the
Borough. One body was deposited in the mortuary during the year.
Factories Act, 1937
The following tables give details of the work done in connection with the factories and
outworkers in the Borough:—
25