[Report 1942] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ Sanitary Inspection of District—Continued. - Primary. Re-ins- Total Nature of Inspection. Insp’ns. ])ections. Visits. IMiscellaneous Visits 684 - - - 684 Interviews—Owners, Tradesmen, etc. 832 _ 832 vSam])les—PotxI and Drugs—I'ormal 182 — 182 Informal ... 101 — 101 Rag PdcK'k 12 — 12 Water ... . 49 — 49 Pathological - . 8 8 2 Other 2 I'ood Enforcement Samples 1 — 1 Clean Milk—Sediment Tests 2 2 Bacteriological 102 ■ —■ 102 Totals ... ... 13,898 4,469 18,387 HOUSING. Ncj inspections of d^velling-houses for slum clearance \vere made during tlie year. The following table is the record of work carried out in respect of the sanitarv condition of dwelling-houses:— Inspection of Dweilingdiouses during the Year. (1) (a) 'i'otal number of dwelHng-hou>c-s in>j)ected for housing defects (under- Public Health or Housing Acts) 609 (b) Number of inspections made for the pur])ose •2,7-11 (2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses which were ins])ected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 6 (b) Number of inspections and re-ins]'ections made for that I)urpose ... 96 (6) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation - 0 (1) Number of dwelling-houses found not to be in all respects. reasonably fit for human habitotion 603 Number of defective dwelling-houses 'Tendered fit in - consequence of informal action by the Hocal Authority or their Officers •299 Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which formal notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 10 Number of dwelhng-houses in which defects were remedied by owners after service of formal notice 10 Number of dwelling-houses in respect 'of which an undertaking was accepted under Sub-Section (2) of .Section 11 r 4 Number of houses overcrowded at the end *of the year ... 10 Number of families dwelling therein ' 10 The equivalent number of adults living therein 59^ Number of Certificates of “ Permitted Number ” issued during the year 20