[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Prestwich Borough.

  • Prestwich (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Prestwich Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Public Health Department, Town Hall, Prestwich, July, 1950. To His Worship the Mayor and all Members of the Council. I have the honour to present to you the following' report on the sanitary circumstances and work carried out in the boi'ou^h for the year ended 81 st December, 1955. During- the year 945 complaints were made to the depart¬ ment relating- to housing- and sanitary defects, unsound and con¬ taminated food, atmospheric pollution, and other matters of a varied nature which are referred to in the report, A total of 1,181 sanitary defects or nuisances were discovered and 990 abated. The number of informal notices served was 237, and statutory notices numbered 19. No legal action was taken during- the vear. Ihroug-hout the vear attention has been gn en to hvi^ iene in connection with iood shops and all places where food is prepared. Every opportunity is taken to g-ive advice on the correct methods of preparation and sale of food to all food handlers. As in previous years the Rodent Operator has been kept fulh- occupied investigating- complaints of rodent infestation. 'hreat- ments \\ere carried out on 187 premises, and 1,1 bb visits were made in connection with infestation and investio-ations 1 he two sewer treatments on the Corporation public sewers showed only small takes. 4 he two treatments carried out on the Prestwich Hospital sewers resulted in the smallest take e\'er recorded since treatments commenced. I am, Centlemen, Your obedient Servant, L. T. ]. TRIPPIER, Chief Sanitary Inspector.