[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Keighley Borough.

  • Keighley (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Keighley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEFECTS FOUND IT-? FACTORIES. r Jim :be r o f do fe c t s Number of Prosecutions, Particulars. Found Romedie d Referred to 'T ?T 0 ■*. - * Inspector. Want of Cleanliness 4 5 — — 0 v orcrow ding - — - Cnreasonable Tempera.ture — - _ _ Inadequate Ventilation jlno Kfectivo drainage offLoo — - _ - rs - - - San Itary Conveniences t- Insufficient o 3 — Unsuit.able or Do fe ct 1 vo 88 S - - Not separate for sexes p - — - Other Offenses 10 11 1 - Total 106 25 1 . OUTWORKERS, Lists were submitted by 7 employers, showing the employ- ment of 9 persons. In every case the premises were visited and found to be satisfactory, ATHOS? 1ERIC POLLUTION. 59 observations, each of half an hour's duration, were taken of the various industrial chimneys, during which 6 contraventions of the local bye-law were noted, Warning letters wore sent in each case and 10 inspections of plants and 3 re-visits were found necessary. An additional soot deposit o auu was installed at Lowfield House, in the industrial centre of the town, and the totals of the If monthly deposits collected in this gauge, and the gauge situate in Horton Cemetery, a residential district, are as follows:- 422,6 tons per sq. mile and 130.4 tons per sq. mile respectively. FOOD INSPECTION AND TIE SUPERVISION OF FOOD PREMISES. 1,013 inspections were made of Food Premises. FOOD CONTROL. The Sanitary Inspectors have at the request Control Committee been engaged in giving practical effec various Orders and Regulations issued by the Ministry of this connection 145 visits were made, of the Food t to the Food, In There are 00 bakehouses casement bakehouses/under the Facto] - o ' “1 m licensed the district Act, 1937. of which 7 MEAT MARKING The meat marking scheme, as described In the 1938 report, continued to operate satisfactorily and is likely to become more popular under the Government scheme of centralised slaughter.