Annual report / City of Calgary, Department of Public Health.

  • Calgary (Alta.). Health Department
Date:
[1940]
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Credit: Annual report / City of Calgary, Department of Public Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SANITATION 17 The Chief Inspector and his assistants have been particularly busy throughout the year, and a disproportionate percentage of the activities, having regard to the multifarious nature of the duties attaching to this branch of the Department, has been spent in problems relating to housing. Much of the acuteness of the housing problem has been occasioned by the marked influx of families of men in the Active Service Forces. It is a well known fact that there was a housing shortage before the War, and the new arrivals have served to intensify a situation that in the first place was little short of deplorable. Problems have arisen which from any angle do not relate to this department, but, by virtue of the fact that in some indirect way such problems might adversely affect the health of one and sundry, the department has reluctantly been forced to accept them and endeavour to find solutions. Many of these problems defy the patience of Job or the wisdom of Solomon, and, as a consequence, the sanitary staff has always some sort of contentious matter under advisement. There has been very little residential structure during the year. Sickness and the absence of two inspectors on Active Service has been responsible for some inconvenience. New men have to be instructed in their duties and the limitations dictated by them, and some time necessarily has to be spent by the snior staff before the new men can efficiently carry on. Al* duties for which the sanitary staff are responsible have been satisfactorily/ performed over the year. The production, preparation and handling of foodstuffs has been rigidly supervised and the regulations in respect thereto enforced. 1 Ian; Feb Mar Apl May 1 un Jiy Aug! Sep: Oct Nov T Dec] Total; Inspections made 1190111811351 1611241 861105510301 99 7:12521077 1 1108 13215 Notices issued, writtan 1b 13; 28 33 23 17 2b 23 18 14 18 228 Notices issued, verbal 106 135; 122; 132 140 95 \; 95 91 76 1,02 53 37 1184| .\ Complaints received j 15 18 24: 41 57; 13 38 .28 .... 3 a. 2 b .. 26 *1 ' 332 Complaints which! were- justified ! 12 40 II1 31 24! 26 1 7 22 18 , 292 Pro secutions j.; > i ♦ — - — — -3 4 - — - MILK AND DAIRY INSPECTION Milk sanitation is always well up in front in public health activities and in every conmunity,the aim being to eradicate or materially lessen the dangers attendant whore raw and therefore con¬ taminated milk is permitted to be sold. Every phase of milk production and its subsequent processing is rigidly scrutinized.and the City is to be congratulated in the duality of the milk distributed.. During the year it was found necessary to cancel the licenses of one or two producers due to their seeming inability to produce tne quality of milk demanded in the city. The duties of the two ins pec tors in connection with this important branch of sanitary control have been satisfactorily discharged throughout the year and details of the work done are shown as follows: Of the 3957 sediment tests of producers milk samples, 3512 or 88.76% were good, 326 or 3.24% were fair, and 119 or 3.0% were bad