[Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough.
- Newport (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1931
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![bakehouses, 17 being due to the need of limewashing. Closer attention 5 given to Bakehouses than to other workshops because of the food prepared therein. oMMoN Lodging Houses. There are 12 within the Borough, the same number as last year, 'hey can accommodate 316 lodgers. 625 inspections were made of hem. 18 nuisances were discovered, 16 being due to want of clean- ness; on the whole they were well kept, and no breach of the Regula- ions were discovered that would justify court proceedings. The kee.pers ave much trouble with bugs, especially during the summer months, but ommendable efforts are made by the keepers to keep the pests under ontrol. lUB-LET Houses (or Houses Let in Lodgings). The Bye-laws have been applied only to those houses which equire special supervision (15). Considerable trouble is still being xperieneed in preventing overcrowding owing to the shortage of cheap lousing accommodation in the Borough. The sub-tenants of these >articular houses are dirty, indifferent, and very undesirable tenants, o keep the houses up to Registration Standard, daily visits are needed, nth frequent night inspections. But this is quite impossible with the ►resent staff. 73 inspections were made, 7 of the 28. nuisances liscovered were due to the want of cleanliness. FOOD INSPECTION. The various Acts of Parliament, Government Orders and Regula- ions issued during recent years have increased the work of food nspection enormously and also have made the duties much more onerous nd exacting. The staff available for the work is inadequate to carry )ut the duties as they should be carried out. In the effort to supervise he preparation and sale of foods in the Borough, 16,545 visits have •cen made to 15 different classes of premises concerned. The classes 4 premises and the number of visits paid to each are enumerated in able No. 18. 74,0141bs. of food were condemned during the year s unfit for human consumption, compared with 76,2931bs. during 1930. )5,4941bs. were condemned at the Public Slaughterhouse, 722|^lbs. at Vivate Slaughterhouses, 2,19441bs. at the Provision Market, 701bs. at he Railway .Station, 6921bs. at the Cold Stores, and 4,12ilbs. at Other Private Premises. Beef and Veal accounted for .56,898Jlbs., Mutton Liid Lamb 3,806Ylbs., Pork and Bacon 7,210^1bs., Fish l,40941bs., Shell- ish 4421bs., Tinned Goods 932 lbs., Pork Pies 460]bs., Sausages 601bs., abbages 2,3801bs., and Turkeys 4151bs Decomposition was the reason or the cause of condemnation of 8,3121bs. of Food. In reference to neat the chief cause of condemnation was Tuberculosis, which accounted or 33,4981bs., Fluke Disease and Dropsv came next with 9,9731bs., 51ood Poisoning and Abcesses accounted for 5,773Jibs., Emaciation](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28866721_0073.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
