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It is not too much to say that, upon the establishment and maintenance
of a sanitary environment, more than upon any other single
factor, depends the health of the population. The term "sanitary
environment" has gradually expanded and extended and, co-incidentally,
the work devolving upon the sanitary staff has increased to a great
extent of recent years. In order to keep pace with changing conditions
and to make it possible for the Medical Officer of Health to have at all
times information as to the sanitary work in hand, a change of procedure
was adopted during the year. Briefly, this consisted in:
1. The adoption of the loose leaf system for recording the
conditions found upon inspection—a separate sheet being kept for each
premises, and a continuous record thus secured of the work under
notice.
2. The institution of a General Register compiled from the above
records, in which are noted all complaints made, defects found and
particulars of action taken (notice served or summons issued) with
result.
3. The keeping of a House Inspection Card recording a general
description of the premises together with a note of all inspections and
a reference to the General Register as to nuisances found. This
Inspection Card was designed to give a complete "life history" of the
premises concerned.
4. All notices prepared in the clerical Office from the information
collated as above.
The system, having now been in operation since August, 1929, is
working smoothlv and with the co-operation of all concerned.
The following is a summary of the inspections carried out by the
Sanitary Inspectors together with a statement of the improvements
effected during the year:—