[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilkeston Borough.

  • Ilkeston (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilkeston Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT. Details of Visits and Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year. Inspection of Premises . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Re-visits during repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Canal Boats inspected . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cinemas and Theatres . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Cowsheds . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . 10 Drainage inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Water, Smoke or Colour Tests to drains . . . . . . 13 Factories, Workshops and Workplaces . . . . . . . . 18 Petrol Storage Premises . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Dustbins inspected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Water Closets inspected . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Pail Closets inspected . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Privy Middens inspected . .. .. .. .. .. 11 Infectious Diseases investigations . . . . . . . . . . 48 Cases removed to Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Bedding disinfected (Infectious Diseases) . . . . . . . . 136 Rooms disinfected (Infectious Diseases) . . . . . . . . 174 Vacant Council Houses inspected . . . . . , . . . . 70 Council House Removal visits . . . . . . . . . . 52 Beds from Removals disinfected . . . . . . . . . . 179 Visits re Disinfestation . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Rooms disinfested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Shops Acts visits . . . . . . . . , . . . . . 59 Offensive Trade Premises . , . . . . . . . . . . 2 Smoke Abatement visits . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Houses measured . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,381 Housing visits . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . 180 Miscellaneous visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 Houses inspected for Housing Defects (Public Health Acts) . . 122 Meat and other Food Inspections. Slaughtering visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Butchers’ Shops, Stalls and Vehicles . . . . . . . . 53 Bakehouses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Other Food—Preparing Premises . . . . . . . . . . 156 Dairies and Milkshops . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Milk Samples taken for Bacteria . . . . . . . . . . 35 Notices Served. Number of Informal Notices served (Public Health Acts) . . 128 Number of Informal Notices served (Housing Acts) . . . . 1 Number of Statutory Notices served (Public Health Acts) . . — Number of Statutory Notices served (Sec. 157, Housing Act, 1936) 1,561 Details of Improvements made and Defects remedied during the Year under the Public Health Acts and Housing Acts. Exterior of Houses. Roofs repaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 44 Eaves, gutters and downspouts repaired or provided . . . . 64 Dampness remedied (including provision of new damp-proof courses) 1 External walls repaired . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Chimney stacks repaired . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Yard division walls repaired . . . . . , . . . . 4