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ENTERIC FEVER. One case of Enteric Fever occurred in a
soldier admitted to St James Hospital.
The patient arrived with the disease upon him and was transferred
to the Isolation Hospital.
TUBERCULOSIS. Se??? deaths were caused by Phthisis and one by
other Tuberculous; cases. Nine new cases of Pulmonary Phthisis
were notified.
A Tuberculosis Dispensary was established at the Council Offices and
weekly visits were made by the Assistant County Tuberculosis Officer
WATER SUPPLY ETC. The remarks made in last years Report regarding
Water Supply,Milk Supply,Bakehouses and Slaughter Houses still hold
good.
This also applies to the Isolation Hospital.
HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING. The work under the Act of 1909 was
considerably restricted by order of the Council in the early part
of the year.
The inspections were continued as before but the extent to which
"Notices" were enforced was left to the joint discretion of the
Medical Officer and the Sanitary inspector.
But since July no notices were issued and towards the end of the
year the work ceased on the Sanitary Inspector being released by the
Council to take up War Service.
I append a summary of work done under the Act by the Sanitary
Inspector.
Number of houses inspected during 1915 under, and for, the
purposes of Section 17 of the Act of 1909 226.
Number of Dwelling Houses (or parts of dwelling houses)
'•"hich on inspection were considered to be in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation. 3.
Number of representations made to Local Authority, with a
view to making Closing Orders. 0
Number of Closing Orders made 0.
Number of Dwelling Houses, the defects in which were remedied
with out/miking of closing orders 94.
Number of Dwelling Houses, which, after the making of Closing Orders
were put into a fit state for human habitation. 0.
@ It should be noted that this figure includes 43 houses
in respect of which notices were issued in 1914 but had
not been comnlied with during that year.
The following short summary will show how the property
inspected during the year has been dealt with by the Inspector,
viz:-
Number of Dwelling Houses inspected 226
Number of Notices issued 58,affecting 163 houses
Number of premises not requiring Notices 63
Number of premises respecting which notices
had not been issued at the end of the year 63
Total 226