[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Basford (Union) R.D.C.

  • Basford (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Basford (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    E.—SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA The following work has been carried out during the year by the Council's Public Health Inspectors :— Statutory Notices served under Public Health Act, 1936 31 Statutory Notices complied with . • 22 Statutory Notices served under Housing Act, 1957 10 Statutory Notices complied with • . 6 Preliminary Notices served • • 429 Preliminary Notices complied with . • 503 Number of Council Houses inspected , , 423 Number of Council Houses with defects 2 Other houses inspected for defects .. , , 917 Total number of inspections and re-inspections made for housing defects (excluding Council houses] • • 3,118 Number of complaints received and investigated 344 Personal interviews with owners and agents . . , , 554 Number of inspections made in connection with Public Cleansing . • 2,910 No. of samples of water taken for analysis .. 55 Details of the Preliminary Notices served are as follows Notices Complied Served With Clear choked drains 84 94 Repair or cleanse cesspools and drains 18 26 Connect drains to sewer 10 17 Provide proper sinks and wastepipes 6 13 Provide additional closet accommodation .. 1 2 Repair or renew waterclosets and flushing cisterns.. 10 16 Renew Sanitary pans .. 2 3 Renew dustbins 84 73 Repair roofs and remedy dampness .. 32 47 Provide or repair eaves gutters and fall pipes 15 39 Repair or renew external walls 14 12 Repair or renew chimney stacks or provide pots .. 22 18 Provide or repair yard paving 1 5 Provide or repair coal stores .. 6 4 Repair or renew house windows and doors .. 23 39 Repair or renew house floors 9 4 Repair or renew internal walls and ceilings 22 26 Repair staircase, provide handrails, etc. 2 — Provide or repair cooking ranges 10 11 Provide or repair firegrates .. 11 11 Provide or repair washing coppers .. 5 4 Provide adequate light and ventilation to house .. — — Provide adequate light and ventilation to food store — — Remove offensive accumulations 1 1 Prevent nuisance from improperly kept animals .. 1 — Cleanse foul dykes — 2 Abate smoke nuisances — — Miscellaneous .. .. .. ,. ,. 40 36