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PROSECUTIONS
Selling milk unfit for human consumption (contained glass
fragments) 1
(Fined £25 and costs)
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR
Number of inspections of dwelling-houses 599
Number of re-inspections of premises 1,596
Number of visits to work in progress 834
Number of miscellaneous visits and inspections 753
Number of visits to dairies 17
Number of visits to ice-cream premises 99
Number of visits to refreshment rooms 101
Number of visits to fried-fish shops 28
Number of visits to bakehouses 38
Number of visits to other food premises 216
Number of visits to factories 195
Number of visits to workplaces 28
Number of visits to outworkers' premises 25
Number of visits to shops and offices 338
Number of visits to stables and yards 46
Number of visits to market gardens, etc. 20
Number of visits to urinals 87
Number of visits to piggeries 16
Number of visits re infectious diseases 93
Number of visits to streams 37
Number of visits re smoke abatement 275
Number of complaints received and investigated 348
Number of informal notices served 247
Number of statutory notices served 53
Number of interviews re nuisances, etc. 806
Number of drain tests applied 114
Number of rooms disinfected 85
Number of lots of bedding and clothing disinfected 50
Number of library books disinfected 317
Number of samples of foodstuffs, water, etc., taken for examination 257
F. H. LENNARD, M.R.SAN.I., A.M.I.S.E., M.S.I.A.,
Senior Sanitary Inspector.
SHOPS AND OFFICES
Three hundred and thirty-eight inspections were made during 1951
and in 7 cases action was necessary in regard to defects.
CAMPING SITES
There are no camping sites within the Borough.
SWIMMING BATH
The Corporation again rented from the London County Council (for
the 1951 Summer season) the open-air swimming bath situated in the
grounds of the Royal Female Orphanage.
The supervision and arrangement of sessions were under the control
of the Public Health Department. Facilities were given to schools,
youth organisations, and residents as in previous years.
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