[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Hertford Borough.

  • Hertford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Hertford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS r' Normal work of the Department under the Public Health Acts was carried out during the year, thiq including a considerable amount of minor repairs to property and works of drainage maintenance and cleansing, which, together with the majority of complaints which required action under the above Acts, were dealt with informally. There were no special problems of note which required to be dealt with during the year. The periodic cleansing of the remaining pail-closets from Hertingfordbury and from the few more scattered premises within the Borough boundary was undertaken by the Borough Engineer and Surveyor's Department. following original measures taken in 1955 to ensure proper supervision of an ashplialt plant situate on the boundary of the district, a nuisance from smoke re-occurred during the year. The nuisance arose from incorrect control of the manually operated firing system and now equipment which had proved effective on test elsewhere was installed by the owners to provide additional air intake in order to overcome os far os possible the human element involved in the running of the plant. Common Lodminm Houses. There is only one Registered Common Lodging House within the Borough. The White House, Railway Street, capable of providing nightly accommodation for 32 men. The number of accommodations during the year was 3588,the average number using the premises nightly being 9 men. The number .of lodgers accommodated nightly started to decrease prior to- the last war and by the end of the war had dropped to 19 nightly,and for 1957 down to 9 nightly,A1thou accommodation is available for 32 men, practically no casua lodgers are now received, those now- using the premises are all elderly and have used the premises for many years. The decrease is now mainly due to deaths or removal to institutions or hospitals of these semi-permanent lodgers. The premises have been kept under observation and the house is generally well conducted. No case of infectious disease was notified at the house. HO]