[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorking U.D.C.
- Dorking (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1947
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorking U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
18/45 page 15
![PUBLIC CLEANSING Owing to shortage of labour and difficulties of transport, the former weekly collection over the ^vhole area has had to be modified. Every effort is made to maintain a weekly collection of house refuse in the town area, and a fortnightly collection in the outlying villages. Disposal continues to be partly by incineration at the Council’s destructor, and partly by tipping at abandoned sewage works in Westcott and North Holmwood. CAMP SITES AND MOVABLE DV/ELLINGS The following licences were issued Iiy the-Local Authority under Section 269 of the Public Health Act, 1936, during the year ; Licences to use land as a site for movable dwellings ... 13 Licences to erect or station and use a movable dwelling ... 13 The Senior Sanitary Inspector and his staff continue to pay close attention to the camp sites in the area. SMOKE ABATEMENT A complaint was received regarding the emission of sooty, fumes Tom the exhaust of a diesel engine used for generating power and ighting in a factory. Upon investigation it was found that the conditions did not varrant any .statutory action, particularly as the owner of the ])remises lad already sought the advice of firms ex])ert in matters connected vith Diesel engines, and carried out work in accordance with their ecommendations. SHOPS ACT, 1934. During the year, 176 inspections of sliops were made. The onditions found and action taken are shown in the .Senior .Sanitary nspector’s Report, which also contains details of tlie record of all hops in the District. .SWIMMING BATHS AND POOLS There are two privately owned open air swimming pools in the istrict. Both have modern chlorination ])lants and were .sam])led as in he previous year. On one occasion, an unsatisfactory report was eceived, due to the fact that a fault had occurred and i)roper clilorine 'dosing” did not take place for a few hours. This fault was notified by he owner of the pool to' the servicing conijiany, and was rectified on ae following day. The next sample,, taken witliin a week, was quite itisfactory. A third swimming pool was found to have lieen opened 3 the public during the stuumer. This pool liad not been used for many ears and had no filtration or chlorination plant. As soon as it was nown to be in use a samjde was taken and submitted for bacteriological xamination. The report showed fairly heavy contamination by B. Coli, ype 1. The owner was notified at once, and informed that the water ■as unfit for swimming purposes. It was pointed out to him that the ool should not be used until .such time as clTicient means of purili- ition had been installed. This notification had the satisfactory result f immediately putting the pool out of use to the general public.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29164928_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
