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Offensive businesses.— It was necessary to take legal proceedings
against a man who was found to be carrying on, in unsuitable
conditions, the business of a slaughterer of poultry without the
consent of the Council. Penalties totalling £10 with £3 3s. costs
were imposed.
Action was also taken against a firm who permitted offensive
matter to flow from their factory over the public footpath. A fine
of £5 with £2 2s. costs was inflicted.
The magistrate adjourned sine die a summons against a firm
for conducting their business in such a manner as to give rise to
complaints of offensive smells from the skins used in their manufacturing
process.
Aged and Infirm Persons Living Under Insanitary Conditions.
— Action was necessary during the year as regards three aged and
infirm persons who were living alone in neglected conditions as a
result of their inability properly to care for themselves or to receive
care and attention from other persons. In all three cases the
persons concerned voluntarily entered hospital following visits by
the district Sanitary Inspector and Medical Officer of Health.
Common Lodging House.— There is now only one common
lodging house in the Borough, situated at 23 and 25, Well Street,
and this lodging house provides accommodation for 174 men.
At the annual census of homeless persons carried out during
the night of 15th/16th February, 1946, 111 men were found to be
accommodated. Twenty inspections of the common lodging house
were made during the year and on one occasion it was necessary to
require redecoration of the walls and ceilings of a dormitory.
Outworkers.— Employers of outworkers in certain classes of
work are required to keep lists of the names and addresses of all
outworkers employed by them and to send twice annually (in
February and August) copies of such lists for the information of the
local authority. Thus the local authority is able to take steps to
ensure that the places in which the outworkers are employed are
not injurious or dangerous to the health of the workers and that
goods are not distributed from premises where there is dangerous
infectious disease.