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There is no Public Abattoir, but there is an understanding with
butchers that if they fail to notify at once any diseased condition in
animals slaughtered by them and subsequently found by the Sanitary
Inspector, they will be prosecuted.
As a matter of practice this understanding works very well.
The numbers of carcases and parts condemned for Tuberculosis are
shown on page 63.
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF
DISTRICT.
This is under the control of the Medical Officer of Health, who deals
particularly with the personal unit, and the Inspector of Nuisances, who
deals with the impersonal factor, but a large share of the work
incidental to Public Health is under the direct supervision of the
Surveyor.
The latter officer alone deals with the plans and supervises the
erection of new houses, is responsible for the scavenging of our roads,
the collection of house refuse and the disposal of sewage.
The Inspector of Nuisances, under the supervision of the Medical
Officer of Health, carries out with the help of four qualified assistants
all the work as laid down for him in the Sanitary Officers' Order of
1910.
The reconstruction of drains, the disinfection of clothing and
premises—three men are engaged in this work—and the taking of
samples under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act also come under his
direct supervision.
There are no local Acts in operation, but the following have been
adopted:—
Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act, 1889 (January, 1890).
Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890 (November, 1890).
Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act, 1890 (November, 1892).
Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act, 1907 (November, 1908).
In addition to the male staff there are four ladies who are directly
supervised by the Medical Officer of Health.
One is engaged in the investigation of infectious diseases and the
removal of patients to Hospital, one in visiting outworkers' premises
and mothers in connection with the feeding of children and the
prevention of Summer Diarrhoea.
Two other ladies devote the whole of their time to the latter work,
and the work associated with the Ante-Natal Clinic and in the
supervision of the Midwives.