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The number of cases investigated by the Public Health
Department Staff as a result of complaints received of alleged
overcrowding of living conditions, resulted in the reference of
twenty families to the Housing Department including eleven as
cases of statutory overcrowding.
It will be noted from the statistics that the number of
Notices requiring to be served for sanitary defects in property
dropped from 1,049 in 1948 to 834 in 1949. This is a healthy
sign and seems to demonstrate that wi'.h the removal of the
difficulties in obtaining licences for repair work, property is being
kept in better condition.
Disinfection.
Premises disinfected:—
Ordinary notifiable diseases 61
Phthisis 12
Cancer 29
Other diseases 6
Rooms stripped and cleansed (Section 167, Public
Health Act, 1936) -
Premises treated for vermin 23
Premises treated for other pests (wasps, moths,
ants, beetles) 25
Slaughterhouses.
Number on Register (including one Knacker's Yard) 5
Contravention of Byelaws
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
(vide Livestock (Restrictions on Slaughter) Order, 1940)
Number of Licences to slaughter animals issued
during the year:—
New Licences -
Renewed Licences 2
Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
During the year 13 specimens of tainted food or milk or food
containing foreign bodies were brought to the Department by
complainants.
In 6 cases the complaint was not substantiated, in 2 warning
letters were sent out to the firms concerned and in 3 cases prosecutions
were successful, the offending firms being penalised by
fines.
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