[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester U.D.C. / City.

  • Winchester (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester U.D.C. / City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Public Health Departing 4-6 The Square, Winchester* July, 196lo To the Chairman and Members cf the City Health Committee M.r* Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, The pattern of this, my fourteenth Annual Report, which concerns the sphere of environmental health work, remains very much the same and records steady progres during I960* As each year passes, however, it is becoming more apparent.that the work of t public health inspector increases as new legislation is brought into operation and refinements are made to already existing services* It is possible as time passes t stabilise action necessary with new legislation, but it so often happens that when this stage is reached, additional legislation has been made and the administrative wheel is once again turning in new fields* The Noise Abatement Act is welcomed because it makes a positive approach to the noise nuisance* Noise there must be - but not necessarily at any level, at am and without scientific control.; On the question of the new Food Hygiene (General; Regulations, the continued co-operation of occupiers of food premises and the succe of persuasion and education is again shown by the many improvements carried out to premises in the City* Progress in the replacement of coal fired filers by oil he; types has been maintained, thus making a further contribution to the efforts to bet a cleaner atmosphere* It is customary to show variation in such a report as this, but I find this difficult to accomplish, and must again stress the importance of housing* Bad hou; conditions continued to present the most serious problems dealt with by the^Depart] Many inspections and re-inspections are required with the subsequent mass oi wor ' administrative procedure* Much of the remainder of the Report deals with consolidation and improvement but I should I feel, comment on the increased activities at the abattoir, where, the past three years, the number of animals slaughtered and examined has increased three-fold* When the proposed structural extensions are completed, however, it jls certain that the through-put will increase even more, when the employment of a xul time meat inspector will require consideration* I wish to take this opportunity of thanking all members of the Department fc their kindly co-operation and support* At the same time, I acknowledge with grata the guidance which has always been given by the Chairman and Members of the Healt* Committee* To the Medical Officer of Health, I again say thank-you for the con* tinued collaboration and encouragement extended to me during the year* I am, Yours faithfully. (16) E* SEYMOUR, Chief Public Health Inspector*