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Southall 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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and cattle sale was held on Wednesdays and a general sale of market produce and goods
was held on Saturdays. Special attention was paid regularly to the hygienic provisions
and maintenance there.
In addition, travelling fairs and circuses spend periods in the Borough, three to four
times a year, and require supervision.
School Sanitation, Ventilation and Lighting
Schemes for the improvement of sanitary conditions in Southall schools made progress
during the year as follows:—
Featherstone Road Junior Mixed—Conversion of one classroom, to twelve water
closets for girls and eleven washbasins, one drinking
fountain, hot and cold water to the washbasins,
completed in September, 1961.
Featherstone Road Infants —New sanitation being provided. Work in progress.
Western Road Girls —Scheme in progress of modernising toilets—in
alteration of junior school to senior school.
Bad arrangement in the Canteen at Lady Margaret Road School was brought to the
notice of the Education Authority during 1961, but at the end of the year the work desirable
to meet the requirements of the Food and Drugs (Hygiene) Regulations had not been completed.
The Borough Council provides the number of dustbins required for the removal of
school refuse.
Statistics for the year:—
| (a) Number of Council houses | ||
| (1) found to be infested | 5 | Total 14 |
| (2) disinfested during the year | 5 | |
| (b) Number of other houses | ||
| (1) found to be infested | 9 | |
| (2) disinfested during the year | 9 | |
In June reports were received of a 'plague of fleas' in a group of houses in the southern
side of the Borough near the canal. Eighteen houses were visited and treatment for fleas
given for 14 rooms.
Canal Boats
Southall is not a registration authority for Canal Boats. Inspections are carried out
in the Boroughs having mooring depots for these boats as a routine procedure and only
rarely is there need for interference by any officer of Southall—no report was necessary
during 1961.
Mortuary and Post-Mortem Room
The mortuary, situated in Havelock Road, provides adequate accommodation for the
Borough but is little used. No bodies were deposited in the mortuary during the year.
One hundred and two bodies were deposited in the mortuary at Acton and fifty-seven
bodies in the mortuary at Uxbridge, for post-mortem purposes and coroner's inquest if
necessary.
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