[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough.
- Christchurch (Dorset, England). Borough Council
- Date:
- 1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![A test applied to the sewers showed a complete absence of rats. In view of this, the Ministry has suggested that further tests need not be made until 1963. The Workable Area Committee set up some years ago under the auspices of the Ministry is still in being and meetings, attended by your elected representative and the Rodent Officer, are held from time to time. FACTORIES: The number of factories in the district is.123. The Council is responsible for the administration of some sections of the Factories Acts, and your inspectors ensure that these requirements are complied with. 263 inspections v/ere made during the year when defects, shown in the table at the end of this report, were found and later remedied. In general, these premises are well maintained. There is close liaison between the department and Her Majesty's Factory Inspector who also draws the attention of the local authority to defects of which he becomes aware in the course of his inspections, if such defects are among those required to be dealt with by the local, authority. SmCiARY: The standard of housing in the borough is good. Food hygiene is at a satisfactory level. Rodent control is effective. The system of refuse collection and disposal is fairly satisfactory. Atmospheric pollution presents no problem. I wish to express my thanks to the Mayor and ]}/Iembers of the Council; to Dr. McIJab and colleagues in other department My thanks also to the staff of ray department for their loyalty and co-operation. FRANCIS LE V. FRIEND. Chief Public Health Inspector ard Cleansing Superintendent. Stour Cottage, Barrack Road, Christchurch. June, 1961.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29111808_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
