[Report 1930] / School Medical Officer of Health, Perth City.

Perth (Scotland). City Council.

Date:: 1930

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Credit: [Report 1930] / School Medical Officer of Health, Perth City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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VI.—SCHOOLS. The Schools in the Burgh continue to be kept in a very satis- factory condition. VII.—OFFENSIVE TRADES. The offensive trades licensed within the burgh are three in number, viz.:— Slaughter-house, 1 Tallow Melting Works, 1 Manure Manufactory, 1 Fifty-one inspections were made of these premises during the year. All were found to be kept in a satisfactory condition. No complaints were received during the year. VIII.—COMMON LODGING-HOUSES. At the end of 1929 there were five common lodging-houses on the Register. The number at the end of 1930 was the same. The common Lodging-house in Castlegable has been discontinued in view of the purchase by Mr Burns of larger and more suitable pre- mises in Meal Vennel. The old premises in Castlegable will pro- bably be demolished in connection with a Slum Clearance Scheme in Castlegable area. Three hundred and fifty-two inspections were made of these houses—298 during the day, and 54 during the night. No over- crowding was found. Sixteen notices were served on Keepers as to contraventions of the Bye-laws. These referred to—5 dirty walls and ceilings, 2 broken plaster on walls, 2 dirty stairs, 2 dirty W.C. apartments, 2 dirty beds, 1 choked W.C., 1 defective W.C. cistern, and 1 broken woodwork. The following table gives the particulars of the various Lodging-houses, number of rooms, accommodation, and the average number of lodgers found at night: — Situation of House No. of Rooms Accommo- dation Average No of Lodgers Found i. Skinnergate 2 90 S6 2. 59 South Street '4 3° 21 3. 34 Meal Vennel 2 12J 9 4. 91 South Street 4 25i 21 5. 26 28 Meal Vennel - 4 57 *54 6. 39 Castlegable »3 42 +34 * One month. tEleven months.

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