[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunmow R.D.C.
- Great Dunmow (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1951
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunmow R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![VERMIN Twenty-two premises were disinfested during the year 5 under: — Fleas ... 10 Bugs ... Furniture beetle ... 7 1 Cockroaches 1 Wasps 0 The standard form of treatment was spray with a 5 per cer solution of D.D.T. and Gammexane Smoke Generators. No maj problem occurred. INFECTIOUS DISEASE Disinfections were carried out dump g the year after cases Infectious Disease as under: — Scarlet Fever 8 HOUSING During the year 275 houses were inspected and recorded, tl wokk being mainly conhned to the parishes of Great Easto Broxted and Little Easton. No. of houses condemned Nil No. of houses demolished 7 No. of Undertakings given Nil The number of Council houses completed during 1951 was 5 Those built by private enterprise numbered 11 and there were al 22 conversions by private enterprise. At the close of the year the were 88 houses actively under construction. A further 42 we authorised but not under construction. The number of applicatioj for Council houses at 31st December, 1951, was 405. Inspection and Supervision of Food MEAT INSPECTION No change took place in this branch of Public Health wor The Dunmow Bacon Factory continued to kill and the inspectio] were carried out by the Council's Meat and Food Inspectors. Amount of Carcase meat condemned in Butchers' shops w; i7lbs. -22](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29266038_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
