[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    27/54 (page 23)
    REPORT OF THE SANITARY INSPECTOR FOR THE YEAR 1955 Public Health Department, Dane John Canterbur3^ Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have pleasure in presenting the report on the sanitary insi>ection services carried out in 1955. The Department has suffered rather too many staff changes and the staff shortage over nine months has been reflected in tlie amount of work which has been done. Perhaps I should make the point that there has been no lowering in the standard of meat insi)ection and every animal is inspected at the time of slaughter. Xor has an\^ complaint been neglected, but there have obviously been fewer routine inspections of the various types of food premises, houses and factories.- I think that it would be appropriate to comment on the pro- visions of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954, which per- mits the increa.se of rents in certain cases providing money has been spent on the maintenance of the house and the house is in a good state of repair. Very little u.se appears to have been made of this provision and if there is to be any noticeable amount of I)roperty maintenance more encouragement will have to be given to owners. Many tenants have said to your Insix'ctors during the year that they would willingly pay more rent if their houses were made more comfortable, and more presentable by a coat of paint on the outside. I should like to record my indebtedne.ss to the Cliairman and Members of the Sanitary and Licensing Committee for the encouragement and sym])athetic consideration tlicy liave given to tile suggestions ])ut before tlicm, and my thanks are due to the .^^cdical Officer of Health and Insiiector colleagues, and the staff of the De]iartment for their help and co-operation during the year. I am. Your obedient servant, T. L. MARTIN, Chief Sanitary Inspector.