[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.

  • Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    KHADIf'ATlOX OK HKD 1U'(;S. 'I’Ik' i)raceduri' for dcaliii'i; witli vonninoiis lioiisos and ai'tir-l('.s has not bin'll alti'i'i'd and tlicroforc follows tin' liiii's set out in detail in the Animal l{e[)ort of 1907. No larne nsi' has lu'eii made of tin' hydroijGn cyanide method of fnmifzation and it has, therefore, not been necessary to employ eontraetors lor the work of disinfestation. PIUISKCUTIOX.'^. -Milk .\M) D.iiiuk.s Ordku. 192C. Artici.f, B. On 24th Jannary, a wholesale dairyman trading in Smetliwiek was summoned at the Law Courts for failinp; to eansi' four milk ehiirns to be [iropi'i'ly cleansed before retiirniii'i: them to the farmers. TIu' Corpora¬ tion’s ease was basi'd on the bacteriolonieal analysis of a mixed samjile of washings from the four ehnrns. Tin' defence contended that tlie .summons was bad in tlint the prirsecntion did not jn-ovo that each and every one of tlu' four churns was dirty. Tlie Jn.stices uidield the contention of the defence and the case was dismis.sed. Housi.vc; Act, lO.dG—Hkctiox (J2 K.vii.ruF. TO fxsKKT Pfrmittkd XrMRER IX .Rrxt Rooks 'I In' owiK'r of two dwelling hoiisi's was snmmoned to a]i]ioar before the Alagistrates at tlie liaw Courts on the 27th .liine. for failing to insert in tin' rent books used in connection with the houses, tin' maximum number of pi'rsons iierniitted to occupy tin' dwellings. A fine of £1 was imposi'd in each easi'. togetlicr with lo/- s|)ecial costs, totalling £2 los. in all. Food .\xn Druos (.Adx i.tf.r.vitox) Act J928. On the 22nd .Vngn.st a Shropshire farmer was chargi'd at the I;aw Courts on four counts with consigning milk into the Borough deficient of the jirescribed niiiiimnm percentage of fat. After a lengthy hearing the Alagistrates, in view of the exci'llent characti'r of the defendant, dismissed the summons under tlii' Probation of Offenders Act on liayiiK'iit of costs. On the sanii' date, a firm of wdioli'sale dairymen trading in the City of Birmingham, was summoned tor di'livering to a Smethwick retailer milk which was deficient of 16.67% of the minimum amount of fat. The delendants were found guilty and a fine of £.5. together with cost of 12s. 6d. was imposed. Public T1f..\lth Act 19.'16—Sf.ctiox 94. I he owner of a dwelling house was summoned to appear at the Law Courts for non-comiiliance with an Abatement Notice. At the defendant’s ri'qnest. the hearing was adjourned for a week, during which the woik was satisfactorily comjileted. .Vt the resumed hearing, the complaint was withdrawn.