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56f10a23-9815-42d3-b247-23af728e5fbe | 0 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 5 2 - - 1 - - - - 15 7 3 1 - 1 - - - 25 5 1 - - - - - - 35 3 3 - - 1 1 - - 45 3 1 - - 1 - - - 55 - - - - - - - - 65 and over - - - - 1 - - - Totals 18 8 1 1 4 1 - - The five deaths from Tuberculosis were all previously notified cases, from which it would appear that the notification of Tuberculosis is efficiently carried out. There were no cases of wilful neglect or of refusal to notify Tuberculosis in any form, PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS. 1925. |
759611ea-6648-48bf-a2dc-224e4103c9a8 | It has not been found necessary to take any action under the above Regulations, relating to Tuberculous employees in the Milk Trade. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. 1956. SECTION 172. C0MPULS0RY REMOVAL TO HOSPITAL OF CASES OF PULHMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. No action Was necessary under the above Section. DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION. During the year, 303 children completed the full course of immunisation, as follows:- Under 5 years 289 5-15 years. 14 At the 31st December, 1945 the following is the estimated percentage of children immunised: - Under 5 years. 46.52 5-15 years. 66.72 (10) SCABIES (PUBLIC HEALTH) NO. 1 ORDER, 1944. The following arc particulars of cases of Scabies treated in the District. |
767bd7dc-d448-4fb6-b4a8-0f78efecc848 | Adults, Schoolchildren Under 5 yrs. Treated at Cleansing Station 90 47 25 Treated at home. 5 2 5 95 49 30 Further Treatment 3 2 1 precautionary Treatments 20 18 10 (11) HOUSING STATISTICS. Inspection of dwelling houses during the year:- 1. (l) (a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts.) 218 (b) Number of Inspections made for the purpose. 241 (2) (a) Number of dwelling houses (included under sub-head (l) above) Nil which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulation 1925. (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose. Nil (3) Number of houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation. |
b729b572-bc34-4339-9245-928f7c96754c | Nil (4) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred to under the pre-ceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects 69 reasonably fit for human habitation. 2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal Noticcs:- Number of defective houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers. 55 3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year:- A - Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936:- (1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs. Nil (2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:- (a) by owners. Nil (b) by Local Authority in default of owners. Nil B - Proceedings under Public Health Act:- (1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied. |
47ef0eb9-e236-41e3-84de-56daeb2d67bc | 14 (2) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:- (a) by owners. 14 (b) by Local Authority in default of owners. Nil Outstanding Notices. C - Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936:- (1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made. Nil (2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders. Nil D - Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:- (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made. Nil (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit. Nil 4. |
6bc8ac5b-de93-4cdc-9592-ba9d2ca09632 | Housing Act, 1936 - Overcrowding:- A - (l) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year - (2) Number of families dwelling therein. - (3) Number of persons dwelling therein. - B - Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year - C - (l) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year (2) Number of persons concerned in such cases - D - Particulars of such cases in which dwelling houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding. - (1) ANNUAL REPORT of the CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR to the BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL by CHARLES WILLIAM HILL, M.S.I.A. CHIEF SANITARY & HOUSING INSPECTOR. 1945 (2) BAREST URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. |
664cf90b-b4a6-46a4-b422-274843d14da4 | CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT. Public Health Department, 10 Wood Street, BARNET. To the Chairman and Members of the Barnet Urban District Council. Mrs. Hughes and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report giving particulars of the measures carried out in. my Department during the year 1945, in administering the Health Acts and Bye-Laws in force in the District. Owing to reduction in Staff, and to the large amount of work the Department is responsible for in connection with the Civil Defence Casualty Services, it has not been possible to do more than submit my report in a very condensed form, as compared with those of pre-war years. It is, therefore, in the main a statistical report. It is hoped that with the passing of the Civil Defence duties and the return of staff from the forces that a more informative report will be possible in future. INSPECTION OP DISTRICT. |
5b6b8a26-fe1d-4c42-ae73-6606df1889d3 | General Inspections of the District have been carried out from time to time and all complaints investigated. The course of serving a preliminary or intimation notice upon the person in default, specifying the works necessary to abate the nuisance, continues to be followed, and only if a person fails to comply with this preliminary notice, or strict legal procedure is necessary in the first instance, is the matter reported to the Council and a statutory notice asked for. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. 1956. INFECTIOUS DISEASE - INVESTIGATIONS AND DISINFECTIONS. The Infectious Diseases enumerated below have been investigated and reported upon to your Medical Officer of Health:- Scarlet Fever 33; Diphtheria 1; Erysipelas 8; Tuberculosis 28. Fifty-six houses were disinfected wherein cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases occurred, and bedding sent to be steam disinfected in certain cases. |
1f7fd3f3-fc12-47cd-ada9-4e9cfed9fd34 | In addition six disinfections of houses and bedding were carried out in cases other than infectious. A charge is made to cover labour and material. One hundred and fifty-three library books from infectious houses were disinfected. (3) DAIRIES, COWSHEDS and MILKSHOPS. The number of persons registered to sell milk is twenty-five viz:- 10 Dairies and Cowsheds. 15 Milkshops and Purveyors of Milk. Thirty-six inspections were made, and particular attention paid to the hygienic essentials necessary for a pure milk production and distribution. Thirteen Licences were granted to sell milk under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, viz:- Tuberculin Tested 6 Accredited 1 Pasteurised 6 SLAUGHTER OP ANIMAL ACT, 1933. There are twelve persons licenced by the Council as fit persons to slaughter animals in the district, the same number as in the previous year. |
7e93330c-b0a4-433c-98bd-a8ce2454930c | No complaint was received concerning the conduct of any of these men. MEAT AND POOD INSPECTION. The following is a list of the articles of food condemned as unsound and unfit for human consumption during the year:- Corned Beef. 16 tins Butter. 48 lbs. Chopped Ham. 22 „ Margarine. 8 „ Tongue. 2 „ Eggs. (Hens) 360 Stewed Steak. 28 „ Tea. 10 lbs. Soup, 9 „ Cocoa. 20 tins. Veal & Ham Pie 34 lbs. Flour, 4 lbs. Beef. 3 „ Rice. 40 lbs. Pork 33 „ Oatmeal ¾ cwt. Sausages. 90 „ Pearl Barley. 1 „ Sausage Meat. 2 „ Shredded Wheat. 4 pkts. Bacon. 37 „ Biscuits. 12 lbs. |
189a58e4-207f-4798-a20e-15633d3d0cd3 | Beans. 38 tins. Wet Pish. (Conger, Dabs, Whiting, Skate, Hake and mixed Fillets. 36 stone. Peas. 13 „ Mixed Vegetables. 4 „ Smoked Fillets. 6½ „ Apricots. 29 „ Pilchards. 48 tins. Jam. 44 „ Sardines, 15 „ Marmalade. 19 „ Salmon. 11 „ Syrup. 3 „ Shrimps, 4 „ Dates (unstoned) 364 1bs. Mackerel, 7 „ Raisins. 98 „ Herrings. 5 „ Prunes. 25 „ Chocolate. 20 ozs. Milk. 127 tins. Boiled Sweets. 6 lbs. Cheese. 38 lbs. (4) FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938. |
06a97d58-eca2-4cf8-a1c0-1c7885be2d1c | The above Act is enforced by the County Authority in this District. The following table shows the number and nature of the samples taken in the Urban District of Barnet, with the results of the analyses:- Article No. of Samples Taken Genuine Extent Adulterated and Form of Adulteration. Remarks. Milk 11 11 - - Sausages 3 3 - - Ground Ginger 2 2 - - „ Cinnamon 1 1 - - Totals 17 17 - - PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. 1936. SECTION 75. Fifty-three dustbins were provided after intimation to replace worn out receptacles, or absence of same. The provision of a proper sanitary dustbin is a very useful health measure. It also secures uniformity of receptacle and makes the task of the dustmen cleaner and easier, WATER SUPPLY. |
d88b6e0c-9f16-4dd5-8c0b-a9e625a6b78b | Two-hundred and sixty nine cases of burst pipes occurred during the year and repairs were carried out to same. In six cases the water was cut off owing to the non-payment of rates. This department was notified by the Barnet Gas and Water Company, and steps were taken which resulted in the early reconnection of the supply. FACTORIES ACT. 1957. Forty-two inspections of factories with mechanical power and twenty-one inspections of factories without mechanical power were made during the year, including bake-houses. One factory was found to be without suitable sanitary accommodation for the persons working therein. Notice was therefore served upon the owners to remedy the defects found. This was complied with. No certificates of adequate means of escape in case of fire were issued by the Council under section 54 of the Act, HOUSING ACT 1936 - OVERCROWDING. |
07485907-a904-48e6-bff2-1a5491df52ec | As a result of the war it has been impossible to administer the provisions of the above Act with regard to overcrowding. An effort has, however, been made to prevent any serious overcrowding. The files contain particulars of 3,632 surveys most of which were carried out prior to the war. They will, however, form a useful basis when a fresh start can be made with this important matter. APPLICATIONS FOR COUNCIL HOUSES. The number of applications for Council Houses at the end of the year was 1,065 as against 392 in the previous year. Nine applicants were provided with houses during the year. PETROLEUM CONSOLIDATION ACT. 1928. There are thirty-four persons licenced to store petroleum upon the Register, as against thirty-three last year. The Licences are for varying quantities from 18 gallons to 6,000 gallons. |
7afd76db-3ca8-4031-b9d7-8b0a9657d3fa | The total quantity of petroleum spirit which may be kept in the various stores is 29,628 gallons, as against 26,628 gallons last year. Forty-two inspections were made, but there was no serious breach of Regulations to report. One Licence was issued for storage of 100 lbs. of Carbide of Calcium. The scale of fees of Licences to store petroleum ranges from 5/- for a quantity not exceeding 100 gallons, to £1 for a 1,000 - 5,000 gallons. (6) ERADICATION OF BED BUGS. (1) Number of Council Houses found to be infested. Nil " " " " disinfested. Nil Number of other houses found to be infested. 1 " " " " disinfested. 1 (2) An electric power sprayer has been used for disinfestations with a non-staining and non-poisonous fluid insecticide and has given highly satisfactory results. |
055376de-511e-4987-a7ad-784b2bfcbb02 | (3) Where there is reason to believe that the incoming tenant of a Council House is not too clean, and that the furniture is likely to be infested, an inspection is made and the furniture disinfested if necessary. (4) The work of Disinfestation of houses belonging to the Council is carried out by the Housing Department Repairs Staff under the supervision of a Sanitary Inspector. The Council do not undertake the work of disinfestation for private house owners, but give all facilities they can to help them. I am, Yours obediently, CHARLES WILLIAM HILL, M.S.I.A. Chief Sanitary and Housing Inspector, Meat, Food and Petroleum Inspector, (7) SUMMARY. SANITARY INSPECTION OF AREA. |
abf9591b-9148-47a4-91f7-d76c5279dc9c | Number of dwelling houses inspected (primary inspections) (1) on complaint or general inspection of district 218 (2) House to house Nil Re-inspections of houses and visits to works in progress 279 Visits to houses on notification of infectious disease, including T.B. 85 Visits and inspections under Petroleum Acts. 42 Visits to slaughterhouses 3 Visits to factories (including factory laundries) 42 Visits to bakehouses 21 Visits to Outworkers premises 16 Visits to dairies, cowsheds and milkshops 41 Visits to food manufactories 19 Visits to public halls, cinemas, etc. 14 Inspections under Rent Restrictions Acts. Nil Disinfections after infectious diseases, etc. |
18ef6fca-8fa2-4b62-aae8-93712d891b6a | 62 Visits re Overcrowding Survey (measuring houses) Nil (other visits) 5 "Permitted Number" Certificates issued under Housing Act, 1936 Nil Visits to public air raid shelters 35 SANITARY WORK AND REPAIRS. Houses. |
ecdd8a66-7ca1-48b2-98b6-f79cc039ce54 | Roofs repaired and made watertight 181 Damp walls remedied 45 Gutters, downspouts repaired or renewed 101 Exterior brickwork repaired or repointed 16 Rooms cleansed, repapered or distempered 2 Stairs, treads, balusters repaired 13 Broken sashcords renewed (number of houses) 84 Window frames and sills repaired 30 Ranges provided or repaired 103 Coppers provided or repaired 113 Floors repaired or renewed 62 Yard surfaces repaired or repaved 8 Defective ventilation beneath floors 2 Hot water cisterns repaired or renewed 19 Draining boards renewed 12 Defective ceilings 34 Wallplaster renewed or repaired 14 Drainage. Drains unstopped and repaired 50 Drains tested 1 Drains reconstructed Nil Soil or vent pipes repaired or renewed 4 Inspection Chambers reconstructed or repaired 12 Cesspools abolished Nil Water Closets and Sinks. |
2b99f453-1571-4e5d-a1d7-309e7e5d7512 | Flushing cisterns repaired or renewed 182 Flush pipes repaired 25 New basins, W.C. pans or traps provided 22 Seats, doors, etc. repaired or renewed 48 Water pipes repaired or renewed 33 New sinks 4 Sink waste pipes unblocked or renewed 54 (8) Water Supply. Storage cisterns cleansed 2 Storage cisterns - new covers provided Nil Storage cisterns repaired or renewed 198 Burst water service renewed or repaired 269 New taps provided 41 Miscellaneous. New dustbins provided 53 Accumulations of refuse relieved 12 Nuisances arising from animals and fowls being improperly kept 5 Rat infested premises 46 Defective or insanitary urinals Nil Verminous houses disinfested 1 |
cbfc69ae-9c89-4406-9314-f095a61dfaba | UBAR 14 URBAN DISTRICT OP BAR NET, ANNUAL REPORT of the ACTING MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH to the BARNIT URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL by ARTHUR L. HYATT, M.R.C.S.(Eng.) , L .R. C .P. Together with the ANNUAL REPORT of the CHIEF SANITARY AND HOUSING INSPECTOR by CHAS. WILLIAM HILL. M.S.I.A. 1946. (2) annual report of the ACTING MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH to the BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL by ARTHUR L. HYATT, M.R.C.S.(Eng.), L.R.C.P. ACTING MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. (3) BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT. |
178ca9db-a8cc-4417-8606-66982f4d9496 | Public Health Department, 10 Wood Street, Barnet. To the Chairman and Members of the Barnet Urban District Council. Mrs. Hughes and Gentlemen, I hove much pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Report on the Health of the District for the year 1946. It is drawn up on the lines indicated in Circular 13/47 of the 13th March 1947 - as requested by the Ministry of Health. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. |
693f2a9b-c621-4e6e-b24f-a032829a1206 | Area (in acres) 1931 3,114 Area added ill April 1935 1,176 Total Area 4,290 Population (1931 Census) 14,726 Population of Added Area 338 Registrar General's Estimate of Resident Population mid 1946 23,230 Number of Inhabited Houses 1946 6,585 Rateable Value £254,929 Sum represented by a Penny Rate excluding Totteridge and Rowley £708 excluding Totteridge £749 including Totteridge and Rowley £1,035 NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. The population is largely residential, and consists chiefly of people whose occupation lies outside the urban area. Those employed in the district, apart from the tradesmen and their employees, are mainly skilled workers at dental manufacturing, lithographic, printing and optical works. Relief is supplied by the Public Assistance Committee of the Hertfordshire County Council. (4) EXTRACT FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR. Total. |
4ce1a6bf-7440-4a93-9827-542a8d535ee8 | M. F. Live Births Legitimate 417 209 208 Illegitimate 22 13 9 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 18.90 Total. M. F. Still Births Legitimate 9 5 4 Illegitimate Nil Nil Nil Still Birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) Births 20.09 Total. M. F. Deaths 257 122 135 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated average population 11.06 Deaths from puerperal causes:- Puerperal Sepsis Nil, Death Rate per 1,000 total births Nil Other Puerperal causes Nil. " " " " " " Nil Death Rate from puerperal causes per 1,000 total (live and still) Death. |
115e6ed1-9fdb-4cd4-97db-60a821a12fa9 | Rate of infants under one year of age:- births Nil All infants per 1,000 live births 13.39 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 14.39 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births Nil Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 62 " Measles (all ages) Nil " " Whooping Cough (all ages) 1 " " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 1 GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT. Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or County Council A. (1) Infoctious Diseases Joint Isolation Hospital in Barnet. (2) Joint Smallpox Hospital at cheshunt. B. (1) Tuberculosis Hospital at were, provided by Herts County Council. (2) Maternity block with 52 beds at the Wellhouse Hospital, in Barnet, Ambulance Facilities. |
9aaa0576-61c5-45ec-b063-1da17306af4f | Infectious Disease - Motor Ambulance at Isolation Hospital. Non-Infectious Diseases - Two Motor Ambulances. (1) Relieving Officer's Cases and Accidents:- By Day and Night - 'phone Barnet 0051, Wellhouse Hospital, Barnet. (2) Private Cases By Day and Night - 'phone Barnet 5654. 2,213 cases of Non-Infectious Diseases were removed by the Motor Ambulances. (5) Clinic and Treatment Centres. At '"Fieldways, Wollhouse Lane, a Child Welfare and Ante Natal Clinic is held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; a Dental Clinic every Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and also a Tuberculosis Clinic every Wednesday. At Vale Drive a Minor Ailments Clinic for schoolchildren is held every morning from Monday to Friday inclusive, and every Wednesday a Speech Therapy Clinic, At "Dolliafield", Totteridge Lane a Child Welfare Clinic is held every Friday afternoon. |
ca25e7c2-02c7-4de8-9d17-0e2705503f95 | There are two hospitals within the District, (a) A General Hospital (Wellhouse) under the Public Assistance Committee, Herts County Council and (b) The Victoria Hospital; and two Nursing Homes for paying patients. The Barnet Nursing Association provides throe nurses. The hospital accommodation for the district is adequate. The Infectious Disease Joint Isolation Hospital provides 54 beds in 3 blocks, one being a cubicle block. There is an operating theatre and a Nuffield Respirator. PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF. ø Acting Medical Officer of Health. x Arthur L. Hyatt, M.R.C.S.(Eng.) , L.R.C.P. ø Chief Sanitary Inspector. x Charles William Hill, M.S. I. A. ø Additional Sanitary Inspectors. ? John Baillie Wilson, M.S.I.A. ? Alex. W. Nicol, M.S.I.A. ? Clerical Staff. x One Clerk. |
2cb1432a-d9a1-42ba-9745-0c7741921a3c | x One Typist. ? Holds the special qualification as Inspector of Meat and Other Foods under examination of the Royal Sanitary Institute. Salary Contribution of one half from Exchequer Grants. x Part-time Officer. ? Whole-time Officer. (6) WATER SUPPLY. The water for the district is supplied by the Barnet District Gas and Water Company and the Colne Valley Water Company. With regard to the Barnet District C-as and Water Company, all the water is chlorinated, and a pathological staff is maintained. Tho water, in bulk, is examined daily and each pumping station once a week. 1,697 examinations of the water were made during the year, i.e. 188 Chemical and 1,509 Bacteriological, some of which were analysed by an independent laboratory. Of the Bacteriological samples representative of supply, the percentage of first class (i.e. |
863478f9-5626-4f95-b260-b38c32bfe2e7 | B.Coli absent in 100 millilitres,) was 98.5% which is regarded as quite satisfactory. The Colne Valley Water Company exercises constant supervision and members of the staff are on duty day and night throughout the year examining samples. All the water supplied by this Company is chlorinated. The water supply is satisfactory both from the Chemical and Bacteriological aspect and the supply is considered adequate. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE. The town is drained and sewered on the separate system, excepting the older portions of the district where it is a combined system. The sewage is conveyed to an Irrigation Farm of 56 acres, but before it is turned on the land it is screened and treated by means of detritus and sedimentation tanks, and throe rotary filters. Pumping is necessary for three sewers which have their outlets at a low point on the farm. A few outlying properties arc drained to cesspools, and part of Totteridge to the Finchley Borough Sewers. |
d5186338-44ec-410f-866e-a957ec61b1b5 | There arc only a few earth closets in remote parts of the district. SANITARY CONDITIONS AND WATER SUPPLY OF SCHOOLS. There are in the district nine schools administered by the Barnct Education Committee, viz;- Queen Elizabeth's Boys and Girls Grammar Schools; Byng Road County Council School (Secondary Modern, Junior Mixed and Infants Departments); Christ Church School (Junior Boys and Girls, and Infants Departments); Wood Street Church of England School (Secondary Modern ); Grasvenor Avenue School (Infants); Underhill (7) County Council school (Infants); Totteridge Church of England School (Junior Mixed and Infants Departments); and St. Catherine's Roman Catholic School (Junior Mixed and Infants Departments). DISPOSAL Off HOUSE REFUSE. The house refuse is collccted weekly in covered mechanical conveyances and conveyed to the Farm and disposed of by the controlled tipping system. PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASES. |
7a99138c-888d-44c0-861e-2ed8740b50cf | The following table shows the number of Notifications to the Sanitary Authority during the year, of each disease specified in the Public Health Act, |
2afd91db-7e93-4c0f-91d8-181ef717f6c9 | 1936 and Regulations and the number removed to Hospital:- NATURE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED REMOVED TO HOSPITAL DEATHS Smallpox Nil Nil Nil Scarlet Fever 17 11 Nil Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 1 1 Nil Malaria Nil Nil Nil Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1 Nil Nil Erysipelas 7 5 Nil Tuberculosis 27 23 8 Poliomyelitis 17 17 1 Meningitis 5 5 Nil Encephalitis 1 1 Nil Puerperal Pyrexia 28 28 Nil Pneumonia 39 26 9 Enteric 3 3 Nil Dysentery 20 Nil Nil Paratyphoid "B" 1 1 Nil Measles 63 2 Nil Whooping Cough 96 9 1 Total 326 132 19 (8) Of the foregoing, |
c8e00778-7cda-48dc-b26d-8ad9fbe1245f | the following eases normally resident outside the district were notified from the Wellhouse Hospital:- Erysipelas 2; Puerperal Pyrexia 22; Pneumonia 15; Cerebro Spinal- Meningitis 3; Whooping Cough 7; Encephalitis 1; Poliomyelitis 7; Enteric 2; Paratyphoid "B" 1, The oases of Tuberculosis removed are chiefly sent to Ware Sanatorium. The Case Rates per 1,000 of the population arc as follows:- Scarlet Fever 0.73, Tuberculosis 1.16, Puerperal Pyrexia 13.39 (per 1,000 Births). AGE INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. |
cb65553e-6db3-4c93-961a-45cbf9f474ed | DISEASE NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED YEARS OF AGE 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 10- 15- 20- 35- 45- 65- Total. Scarlet Fever - - - - 1 12 2 2 - - - - 17 Diphtheria - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 Enteric - 1 - - - - - - 1 1 - - 3 Dysentery - - 1 1 2 8 2 1 2 2 - 1 20 Paratyphoid "B" - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 Meningitis 1 - - - - 1 1 1 1 - - - 5 Encephalitis - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1 - - - - - - - - - |
096f927a-0c28-4c97-aa26-aa1881a6a5e2 | - - 1 Poliomyelitis - - - - 2 6 4 - 3 2 - - 17 Whooping Cough 10 12 13 15 11 26 1 _ 2 2 1 - 96 Erysipelas - - - 1 - - 1 1 1 2 1 7 Measles 2 5 6 12 7 25 2 1 3 - - - 63 Puerperal Pyrexia - - - - - - - 1 24 - - - 28 Pneumonia 3 2 - 2 - 1 1 5 4 6 6 9 39 Totals 17 20 23 30 25 79 . » ■ — 14 12 41 18 9 11 299 (9) MORTAL STATISTICS. Of 257 deaths, 6 occurred under one year of ago. |
951d05c8-b149-4f87-859c-eb21d4ce35fd | The following were the chief causes of death:- Heart Disease 70; Cancer 62 (20 males and 42 females); Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions 35; Pneumonia (all forms) 9; Bronchitis 8; Tuberculosis 8; Congenital Debility and Malformation 6; suicide 4; Other Violence 8. CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. No use has been made of the Schick and Dick tests in Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever. VACCINATION, No primary or revaccinations wore performed by the Medical Officer of Health under the Public Health (smallpox Prevention) Regulations 1917. LABORATORY WORK. The Council have made arrangements with the Clinical Research Association for examination and reports on all suspected eases of Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Typhoid Fever, Tuberculosis, Dysentery and Food Poisoning. 113 specimens were examined and reported upon as follows:- Positive. Negative. |
52f63be3-488f-4bc8-8fe5-75bbf1dcb39d | Scarlet Fever - 3 Diphtheria - 51 Tuberculosis 1 8 Dysentery 13 37 TUBERCULOSIS. PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1925. It has not been found necessary to take any action under the above Regulations, relating to Tuberculous employees in the Milk Trade. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. 1936, SECTION 172, COMPULSORY REMOVAL " TO HOSPITAL OF CASES OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. No action was necessary under the above Section. (10) NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1946. Years of Age# NEW CASES DEATHS. Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M F. M. F. M. F. M. F. |
5d4347df-cfa4-4994-a7fe-946873199c08 | 0 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 5 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 - 15 3 4 1 1 1 1 - - 25 1 5 - 1 1 - - - 35 6 1 - - 1 1 - - 45 1 1 - - - - - - 55 1 - - - 1 - - - 65 and over - - - - 1 - - - Totals 13 10 2 2 5 2 1 - The eight deaths from Tuberculosis were all previously notified cases, from Which. it would appear that the notification of Tuberculosis is efficiently carried out. There were no cases of wilful neglect or of refusal to notify Tuberculosis in any form. DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION. |
1a3dec8e-c212-4f34-b723-7316cc4494f1 | During the year, 482 children completed the full course of immunisation, as follows:- Under 5 years 891 5-15 years 191 In addition, 16 children received a third injection. At the 31st December, 1946 the following is the estimated percentage of children immunised:- Under 5 years 51% 5-15 years 68% (11) That Diphtheria Immunisation has boon successful is undoubted when considering the number of oases notified during the war years of 19391945 compared with previous years. The average number of oases per year during the seven years of war, when conditions were pre-disposing to on increase in the spread of the disease, was two, whereas, for the seven years immediately preceding the war the average was approaching 20 oases per year. SCABIES (PUBLIC HEALTH) NO. 1 ORDER., 1944. The following are particulars of cases of Scabies treated in the District. Adults. School children. |
1ba1a52a-c1f1-4970-9b50-02fc937d5f68 | Under 5 yrs. Treated at Cleansing Station 86 24 16 Treated at home 3 - - 89 24 16 Precautionary Treatments 20 8 10 (11) HOUSING STATISTICS. Inspection of dwelling houses during the year:- 1. (1) (a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts.) 287 (b) Number of Inspections made for the purpose. 322 (2) (a) Number of dwelling houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations 1925. Nil (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose. Nil (3) Number of houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to bo unfit for human habitation. |
131a2edd-63b6-412c-8c26-0e972a3dd74d | Nil (4) Number of dwelling houses (exelusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to bo in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation. 185 2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal Notices:- Number of defective houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers;. 149 Informal Notices outstanding at end of the year. 6 3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year:- A- Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing Act 1936:- (1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs. 9 (2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:- (a) by owners. 2 (b) by Local Authority in default of owners. |
9d654c93-a239-4431-903f-69ee8855eff2 | Nil (c) outstanding notices 7 B - Proceedings under Public Health Aet:- (1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied. 21 (2) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:- (a) by owners 16 (b) by Local Authority in default of owners. Nil (c) Outstanding notices 5 0 - Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936:- (1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition Orders wore made. Nil (2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders. Nil D - Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act 1936: (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made. Nil (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit. |
44ec1cbc-a6ad-46f3-b99b-9989fca0690c | Nil (13) 4. Housing Act, 1936 - Overcrowding:- A. - (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year. - (2) Number of families dwelling therein. - (3) Number of persons dwelling therein. - B - Humber of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year. C - (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieve during the year. - (2) Number of persons concerned in such cases. - D - Particulars of such oases in which dwelling houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding. - ANNUAL REPORT of the CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR to the BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL by CHARLES WILLIAM HILL, M.S.I.A, CHIEF SANITARY & HOUSING INSPECTOR. |
7df48bf5-c637-44e2-abe6-cf7d4a2e3f22 | 1946 (2) BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT. Public Health Department, 10, Wood Street, BARNET. To the Chairman and Members of the Barnet Urban District Council. Mrs. Hughes and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report giving particulars of the measures carried out by my Deportment during the year 1946, in administering the Public Health, Housing and other Acts and Bye-Laws in force in the District. Owing to reduction in Staff and the winding up of Civil Defence work which the Deportment was responsible for, it has not been possible to do more than submit my report in a condensed form. With the return of Mr. J. B. Wilson, Additional Sanitary Inspector from Active Service in October, and Mr. H. W. C. Alloway earlier in the year, the Staff is now back to normal. |
e290efec-ef8f-4010-a7a2-406082aab662 | Many properties have suffered as a result of the Blitz and a still greater number have deteriorated owing to the inability of getting essential repairs carried out during the war. Subject to the limitations imposed by availability of labour and materials in the building trades, it is hoped that the next report will show real improvement in bringing about much needed repair work, thus bringing the District back into its pre-war sanitary condition. INSPECTION OF DISTRICT. General Inspections of the District have been carried out periodically and all complaints investigated. The process of serving a preliminary or intimation notice upon the person in default, specifying the works necessary to remedy the defects, has been followed, and only if a person fails to comply with this preliminary notice, or strict legal procedure is necessary in the first instance is the matter reported to the Council for statutory action to bo taken. (3) PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936. INFECTIOUS DISEASE - INVESTIGATIONS AND DISINFECTION. |
3ccf2e41-7fed-44d3-a246-e075cd11bc7f | The Infectious Diseases enumerated below have been investigated and reported upon to your Medical Officer of Health:Soarlet Fever 17; Diphtheria 1; Erysipelas 5; Tuberculosis 27. Forty-eight houses were disinfected wherein cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases occurred, and bedding sent to be steam disinfected in certain cases. One hundred and twelve library books from houses wherein Infectious Disease occurred were disinfected. DAIRIES, COWSHEDS and MILKSHOPS. The number of persons registered to sell milk is twenty three:- 8 Dairies and Cowsheds. 15 Milkshops and Purveyors of Milk Forty-five inspections were made, and particular attention paid to the hygienic essentials necessary for a pure milk production and distribution. Thirteen Licences were granted to sell milk under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, viz:- 6 Tuberculin Tested. 1 Accredited. 6 Pasteurised. |
c578366f-65af-4321-b9ee-4bade18a4668 | SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT, 1933. There are eleven persons licenced by the Council as fit persons to slaughter animals in the district, one less than in the previous year. No complaint was received concerning the conduct of any of those men. (4) MEAT AND FOOD INSPECTION. The following is a list of the articles of food condemned as unsound end unfit for human consumption during the year:- Beef(Imported) 93 lbs Rabbits 125 " Luncheon Moat 9 tins. Corned Beef 45 " Stewed Steak 59 " Minced Beef 3 " Steak & Kidney Pudding. 2 " Veal Loaf 2 " Pork Sausage Meat 2 " Chopped Ham 6 " Bacon 9 lbs. Sheep Tongues 3 tins. Ox Tongue 3 " Pork &, Vegetables 7 " M. |
dad6d75c-037d-4696-8f4b-9cc45cb0e9d4 | & V. Ration 6 " Mixed Vegetables 2 " Carrots 6 " Beans 142 " Peas 59 " Beans (Dried) 29 lbs. Peas (Dried) 12 " Soups. 24 tins. Jam 11 " Marmalade 24 " Syrup 4 " Damsons 4 " Pears 4 " Plums 24 " Prunes 11 lbs. Jellies 35 pkts. Milk 361 tins. "Trufood" 20 lbs. Cheese ll2½ " Butter 104½ " Margarine 169 " Wet Fish(Skate,Cod,Sole Whiting,Plaice and Mixed Fillets) 78 stones. Fish Cakes l½ gross. Salmon 53 tins. |
25037d19-ca28-4576-b5a5-293d48a60a0c | Sardines 42 " Pilchards 94 " Shrimps 7 " Mackerel 2 " Herrings 15 " Crayfish 2 " Flaked Oats 116 lbs. Flaked Barley 31 " Creamed Barley 18 " Barley Pudding Mixture 11 " Pea Soup Flour 26 " Soya Flour 52 " Shredded Wheat 2 pkts. Puffed Wheat 4 " Semolina 35 lbs. Macaroni 35 " Macaroni in Tomatoe 2 tins. Biscuits 8 lbs. Tea 8 " Cocoa 20 " FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938. Those sections of the above Act concerning adulteration and sampling of foods, are enforced by the County Authority in this District. The following table shows the number and nature of the samples taken in the Urban District of Barnet, with the results of the analyses. Article No. |
5d8d2504-9066-4573-b7c6-468c164f5d2a | of Samples Taken Genuine Extent Adulterated and From of Adulteration Remarks Milk 5 5 — — Pure Meat Extract 1 1 — — Mashed Potato Pdr 1 1 — — Bouillon Cubes 1 1 — — Doss. Tomato Soup 1 1 — — Grape Juice 1 1 — — Vegetable Salad 1 1 — — Breakfast Sausage 1 1 — — Grd. Cinnamon 1 1 — — Pea Flour 1 1 — — Fruit Pres. Tablets 1 1 — — Whiskey 1 1 — — Totals 16 16 — — (5) DRAINAGE AND SANITARY CONVENIENCES. The drains or sanitary fittings of 108 premises wore found to be in some respect defective. In 61 oases, drains were found to be stopped up. |
a9531c36-6c03-42ca-909a-67881d2c3fe1 | 21 water closets, 16 sinks, 18 water closets cisterns, 22 inspection chambers and 19 soil pipes were renewed or repaired. PUBLIC HEALTH 1956. SECTION 75. Fifty-one dustbins were provided after intimation to replace worn out receptacles, or absence of same. The provision of a proper sanitary dustbin is a very useful health measure. It also secures uniformity of receptacle and makes the task of the dustmen cleaner and easier. WATER SUPPLY. Ninety-five premises suffered burst pipes due mainly to the frosts during the year and repairs were Carried out to same. In seventeen cases the water was out off owing to wastage of water or non-payment of rates. In each case, this department was notified by the Barnet Gas and Water Company, and steps were taken which resulted in the early repair or reconnect ion of the supply FACTORIES ACT, 1957. |
94194f64-a2e5-4caa-bb5a-6308eefd5fe7 | Thirty-six inspections of factories with mechanical power and seventeen inspections of factories without mechanical power were made during the year, including bake-houses. Six notices were received from H. M. Inspector of Factories concerning twelve defects in factories, as follows:- Dirty walls and ceilings of work-rooms. 2 Sanitary accommodation insufficient, defective or dirty 7 Temperature ineffective or unsuitable 1 Washing accommodation insufficient or defective 2 These matters were all attended to and the Factory Inspector informed of the action taken as required by the Act. One certificate of adequate moans of escape in case of fire was issued by the Council under Section 34 of the Act. (0) HOUSING ACT 1936 - OVERCROWDING. As a result of the war it has boon impossible to administer the provisions of the above Act with regard to overcrowding. An effort has, however, been made to prevent any serious overcrowding. The files contain particulars of 3,632 surveys most of which were carried out prior to the war. |
8c3c0b5f-ffb4-428d-955f-226430083ba7 | They will, however, form a useful basis when a fresh start can be made with this important matter. APPICATIONS FOR COUNCIL HOUSES. The number of applications for Council Houses at the end of the year was 1,331 as against 1,065 in the previous year. 120 applicants were provided with houses during the year. PETROLEUM CONSOLIDATION ACT 1928. There are thirty-four persons licenced to store petroleum upon the Register; the same as last year. The Licences are for varying quantities from 18 gallons to 6,000 gallons. The total quantity of petroleum spirit which' may bo kept in the various stores is 29,628 gallons. Thirty-eight inspections ware made, but there was no serious breach of Regulations to report. One Licence was issued for storage of 100 lbs. of Carbide of Calcium. |
5560065e-adab-457d-baa1-1c240a390624 | The scale of fees of Licences to store petroleum ranges from 5/for a quantity not exceeding 100 gallons, to £l for a 1,000 - 5,000 gallons. (7) A summary or the inspections carried out during the year is appended, together with a list of the repairs carried out as a result. The past year has been no less difficult than the War years in securing much needed repairs to house and other property, owing to the critical shortage of building materials and labour, but chiefly building materials, priority for which goes to the reaction of much needed new houses. Consequently, it has only been possible to enforce the execution of the most urgent repairs, still leaving in abeyance much needed work necessary to preserve the fabric. It is to be honed that such work will he possible in the not too distant future, otherwise much cottage property will rapidly deteriorate, causing the housing problem to become much more acute. |
f372c4a4-7622-4b97-bc77-09911849dd88 | I am, Yours obediently, CHARLES WILLIAM HILL, M.S.I.A. Chief Sanitary and Housing Inspector, Meet, Food and Petroleum Inspector. (8) SMMARY. SANITARY INSPECTION OF AREA. Number of dwelling houses inspected (primary inspections) (1)on complaint or general inspection of district 287 (2) House to house Nil Re-inspect ions of houses and visits to v7orks in progress 383 Visits to houses on notification of infectious disease 50 Visits and inspections under Petroleum Acts 38 Visits to slaughterhouses 2 Visits to factories (including factory laundries 36 Visits to bakehouses 17 Visits to Outworkers premises 22 Visits to dairies, cowsheds and milkshops 45 Visits to food manufactories 12 Visits to public halls, cinemas,etc 17 Inspections under Rent Restrictions Acts. |
46ac364d-aeb6-4893-824c-fe2f632048ba | Nil Disinfections after infectious diseases, etc 48 Visits re Overcrowding Survey (measuring houses Nil " " " " (other visits) 8 "Permitted Number" Certificates issued under Housing Act 1936 Nil Visits to public air raid shelters 6 SANITARY WORK AND REPAIRS. Houses. |
099ac88a-3b36-4cd1-92a0-4033a7fd0e1c | Roofs repaired and made watertight 172 Damp walls remedied 70 Gutters, downspouts repaired or renewed 115 Exterior brickwork repaired or re-pointed 36 Rooms cleansed, repapered or distempered 42 Stairs, treads, balusters repaired 9 Broken sashcerds renewed(number of houses)73 Window frames and sills repaired 89 Glazing repaired or renewed 81 Ranges provided or repaired 72 Coppers provided or repaired 65 Floors repaired or renewed 67 Yard surfaces repaired or repaved 17 Defective ventilation beneath floors 9 Hot Water cisterns repaired or renewed 25 Draining boards renewed 21 Defective ceilings repaired or renewed 60 Wallplaster repaired or renewed 53 Chimney stacks and pots repaired or renewed 20 Fireplaces repaired or renewed 46 Drainage. |
f95239b5-1245-479e-af25-100ed0b7a9a1 | Drains unstopped and repaired 61 Drains tested 1 Drains reconstructed 1 Soil or vent pipes repaired or renewed 19 Inspection Chambers reconstructed or repaired 22 Cesspools abolished Nil Water Closets and Sinks. Flushing cisterns repaired or renewed 18 Flush pipes repaired 19 New basins, W.C. pans or traps provided 50 Seats, doors, etc. repaired or renewed 36 Water pipes repaired or renewed 21 New sinks provided 16 Waste pipes unblocked or renewed 62 (9) Water Supply. Storage cisterns cleansed 6 Storage cisterns - new covers provided 4 Storage cisterns repaired or renewed 25 Burst water service renewed or repaired 95 New taps provided 38 Miscellaneous. Now dustbins provided 51 Accumulations of refuse removed 3 Nuisances arising from animals and fowls being improperly kept 3 Rat infested premises 73 Defective or insanitary urinals Nil Verminous houses disinfested Nil |
6d5e70cc-d7c6-493e-a79b-b5f48cd2a919 | LIBRARY UB AR 15 URBAN DISTRICT OF B A R H E T. ANNUAL REPORT of the ACTING MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH to the BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL by ARTHUR L. HYATT, M.R.C.S.(Eng.), L.R.C.P. Together with the ANNUAL REPORT of the CHIEF SANITARY AND HOUSING INSPECTOR by CHAS. WILLIAM HILL, M.S.I.A. 1947. (2) ANNUAL REPORT of the ACTING MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH to the BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL by ARTHUR L. HYATT, M.R.C.S.(Eng.), L.R.C.P. ACTING MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. (3) BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL, MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT. |
0be392f7-fa90-4aa6-8001-cac8067f1182 | Public Health Department, 31 Wood Street, Barnet. To the Chairman and Members of the Barnet Urban District Council. Gentlemen, I have much pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Report on the Health of the District for the year 1947. It is drawn up on the lines indicated in Circular 170/47 of the 31st December, 1947 - as requested by the Ministry of Health. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. |
ba77189d-0c15-4692-9d0b-9e88907c7daa | Area (in acres) 1931 3>H4 Area added in April, 1935 1>176 Total Area (in acres) 4,290 Population (1931 Census) 14,726 Population of Added Area J^8 Registrar-General1s Estimate of Resident Population, mid 1947 23,93® Number of Inhabited Houses, 1947 6,637 Rateable Value £257>892 Sua represented (deluding Totteridge and Rowley £703 bv a Pennv Rate (excluding Totteridge £746 (including Totteridge and Rowley £1,030 NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. The population is largely residential, and consists chiefly of people whose occupation lies outside the urban area. Those employed in the district, apart from the tradesmen and their employees, are mainly skilled workers at dental manufacturing, lithographic, printing and optical works. Relief is supplied by the Public Assistance Committee of the Hertfordshire County Council. |
1fdf5fd6-296d-4ec0-816e-d8f703613efd | ■j n • • • (4) EXTRACT FROM VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS OF THE. ZEAR Total. M. F. Live Births (Legitimate 452 222 230 (Illegitimate 18 9 9 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population: 19.64 Total. M. F. Still Births (Legitimate 11 8 3 (Illegitimate Nil Nil Nil Still Birth Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) Births: 22.87 Total. M. F. Deaths 284 153 131 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated average population; 11.87 Deaths from puerperal causes:- Puerperal Sepsis: Nil. Death Rate per 1,000 total births: Nil. Other Puerperal causes: Nil. " " " " " " : Nil. |
28e9f790-1321-4824-9d8f-b1670527d37c | Death Rate from Puerperal causes per 1,000 total (live and still) Births: Nil. Death Rate of Infants under one year of ages- All infants per 1,000 live births: 21.28 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births: 17.70 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births: 111.11 Deaths from Cancer (ill ages): 41 " " Measles (all ages): Nil " " Whooping Cough (all ages): Nil " " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age): 1 GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT. Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or County Council. A. (l) Infectious Diseases Joint Isolation Hospital in Barnet. (2) Joint Smallpox Hospital at Cheshunt. B. (l) Tuberculosis Hospital at Ware, provided by Herts. County Council. |
8faccd7f-c5d7-4672-99d3-2ec8dae63f73 | (2) Maternity block with 52 beds at the tollhouse Hospital in Barnet. Ambulance Facilities. Infectious Disease - Motor Ambulance at Isolation Hospital. Non-Infectious Disease - Two Motor Ambulances. (1) Relieving Officer's Cases and Accidents:- By Day and Night - 'phone BARnet 0051, Wellnouse Hospital, Barnet. (2) Private Cases By Day and Night - 'phone BARnet 2335* 2,158 cases of Non-Infectious Disease were removed by the Motor Ambulances. (5) Clinic and Treatment Centres. A Child Welfare and Ante-Natal Clinic is held every Tuesday at "Fieldways", Wellhouse Lanej; also a Dental Clinic every Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A Tuberculosis Clinic is held every Wednesday ab the Wellhouse Hospital. |
326f5a73-4d80-4d69-a05d-a2bf2c3914a7 | At Vale Drive, a Minor Ailments Clinic for Schoolchildren is held every morning from Monday to Friday inclusive, and every Wednesday a Speech Therapy Clinic. At "Dollisfield", Totteridge Lgne, a Child Welfare Clinic is held every Friday afternoon. There are two hospitals within the district: (a) a General Hospital (Wellhouse) under the Public Assistance Committee of the Herts. County Council, and (b) The Victoria Hospital; there are also three Nursing Homes for paying patients. The Barnet Nursing Association provides three Nurses. The hospital accommodation for the istrict is adequate. The Infectious Disease Joint Isolation Hospital provides 54 beds in 3 blocks, one being a cubicle block. There is an operating theatre and a Nuffield Respirator. PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF. Acting Medical Officer of Health. ø E Arthur L. Hyatt, M.R.C.S.(Eng.), L.R.C.P. Chief Sanitary Inspector. |
52567442-04c0-4711-ab56-62223be85ebf | + ø Charles William Hill, M.S.I,A. Additional Sanitary Inspectors. + ø John Baillie Wilson, A.R.San.I., M.S.I.A. + ø Alex. W. Nicol, A R.San I., M.S.I.A. Clerical Staff. One Clerk. One Typist (Post Vacant.) + Holds the special qualification as Inspector of Meat and Other Foods under examination of the Royal Sanitary Institute. ø Salary Contribution of one half from Exchequer Grants, E Part-time Officer. . ■ o.i: ■ .. ..; (6) WATER SUPPLY. The water for the District is supplied by the Barnet District Gas & Water Company and the Colne Valley Water Company. With regard to the Barnet District Gas & Water Company, all the water is Chlorinated, and.a pathological staff is maintainor The water, in bulk, is examined daily, and each pumping station once a week. |
d3678ff9-61d1-49b8-bba4-377ba6445ce3 | 1,377 Chemical and Bacteriological examinations of the water were made during the year, of which 34 Chemical and 65 Bacteriological samples were analysed by an independent laboratory. Of the Bacteriological samples representative of supply, the percentage of first class (i.e. Coliform organisms absent in 100 millilitres) was 99-52%, which is regarded as quite satisfactory. The Colne Valley Water Company exercises constant supervision, and members of the staff are on duty day and night throughout the year examining samples. All the water supplied by this Company is chlorinated. The water supply is satisfactory both from the Chemical and Bacteriological aspects and the supply is considered adequate. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE. The town is drained and sewered on the separate system, excepting the older portions of the district where it is a combined system. |
2e1fff97-4019-43c3-879c-b444795e8e6e | The sewage is conveyed to an Irrigation Farm of 56 acres, but before it is turned on the land it is screened and treated by means of detritus and sedimen- tation tanks, and three rotary .filters. Pumping is necessary for three sewers which have their outlets at a low point on the farm. A few outlying properties are drained to cesspools, and part of Totteridge to the Finchley Borough sewers. There are only a few earth closets in remote parts of the district. SANITARY CONDITIONS AND WATER SUPPLY OF SCHOOLS. |
0218bd35-73e5-48f3-92c3-77e212fdfc7c | There arc in the district nine schools administered, by the Barnet Education Committee, viz:- Queen Elizabeth's Boys and Girls Grammar Schools^ Byng Road County Council School (Secondary Modern, Junior Mixed and Infants Departments); Christ Church School (Junior Boys and Girls, and Infants Departments); Wood Street Church of England School (Secondary Modern); Grasvenor Avenue School (Infants); Underhill County Council School (Infants)j Totteridge Church of England ■ • • . 'O '■ ' . (7) School (Junior Mixed and Infants Departments) and St. Catherine's Roman Catholic School (Junior Mixed and Infants Departments). DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE. The house refuse is collected weekly in covered mechanical conveyances and conveyed to the Farm and disposed of by the controlled tipping system. PREVALENCE OF. AND CONTROL OVER. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. |
c6c104c1-58a0-4555-9ab2-e0831388740d | The following table shews the number of Notifications to the Sanitary Authority during the year, of each disease specified in the Public Health Act, 1936, and the Regulations, and the number removed to Hospital:- NATURE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED REMOVED TO HOSPITAL DEATHS Smallpox Nil Nil Nil Cholera Nil Nil Nil Scarlet Fever 14 8 Nil Typhus Nil Nil Nil Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. |
a1e21b2c-86ed-40a3-b2ac-cbe6459922b4 | 2 2 Nil Malaria Nil Nil Nil Ophthalmia Neonatorum Nil Nil Nil Erysipelas 7 5 Nil Tuberculosis 24 10 6 Poliomyelitis 5 5 Nil Meningitis 2 2 Nil Encephalitis Nil Nil Nil Puerperal Pyrexia 22 21 Nil Pneumonia 56 45 23 Enteric 1 Nil Nil Typhoid 1 1 Nil Dysentery Nil Nil Nil Measles 98 12 Nil Whooping Cough 76 4 Nil TOTALS 3O8 115 29 < ' (8) Of the foregoing, the following cases normally resident outside the district were notified from the Wellhouse Hospital:- Erysipelas 1; Puerperal Pyrexia 17; Pneumonia 29; Cerebro Spinal Meningitis 2; Whooping Cough 4; Measles 63 Poliomyelitis 1. |
bc0034fe-e2ab-416d-946f-1906a1639072 | The cases of Tuberculosis removed are chiefly sent to Ware Sanatorium. The Case Rates per 1,000 of the population are cs follows:- Scarlet Fever 0.59} Tuberculosis 1.00; Puerperal Pyrexia 10.40 (per 1,000 Births). AGE INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. DISEASE NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED YEARS OF AGE 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 10- 15- 20- 35- 45- 65- Total Scarlet Fever - - - - 3 5 2 l 3 - - - 14 Diphtheria - - - - - - - 2 - - - - 2 Enteric - - - - l - - - - - - - 1 Typhoid - - - - - - - - l - - - 1 Meningitis 2 - - - - - - - - - |
31ba0ec3-f483-4609-81ab-3219e9502d85 | - - 2 Poliomyelitis - - - - - 2 - 2 l - - - 5 Whooping Cough 10 4 12 9 6 31 1 - 2 - 1 - 76 Erysipelas - - - - - - - - 2 l 2 2 7 Measles 2 10 11 9 14 34 7 5 4 2 - - 98 Puerperal Pyrexia - - - - - - - 1 17 4 - - 22 Pneumonia 6 1 3 - 2 4- 1 - 8 3 14 14 56 TOTALS 20 15 26 18 26 76 11 11 38 10 17 16 284 MORTAL STATISTICS, Of 284 deaths, 10 occurred under one year of age. |
23c28a29-edc4-44c9-aa7b-1e07de030766 | The following were the chief causes of death:- Heart Disease 87; Cancer 41 (15 males and 26 females); Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions 33> Pneumonia (all forms) 23; Bronchitis 16; Tuberculosis 6; Congenital Debility and Malformation 4; Suicide 5J Road Traffic Accidents 75 Other Violence 6. (9) CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE- No use has been made of the Schick and Dick Tests in Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever. VACCINATION, No primary or revaccinations were performed by the Medical Officer of Health under the Public Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917. LABORATORY WORK, The Council have made arrangements with the Clinical Research Association for examination and reports on all suspected cases of Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Typhoid Fever^ Tuberculosis, Dysentery and Food Poisoning. |
61612366-6b19-4935-8fc6-7eab5cb88052 | specimens were examined and reported upon as folio- rs:- Positive. Negative. Scarlet Fever - 2 Diphtheria - 22 Tuberculosis 1 15 Dysentery - 18 Food Poisoning 1 1 TUBERCULOSIS. NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1947. YEARS OF AGE. NEW CASES DEATHS Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. |
d9ae40c8-ccb7-4f27-a53c-36c3e73fc55d | 0 — _ _ _ _ 1 - - _ - - - - - 5 _ 1 1 - - - - - 15 2 4 _ - — — - _ 25 2 5 - - 2 1 - - 35 3 2 1 - 1 1 - - 45 - 2 - - - 1 - - 55 - - - - _ — _ - 65 and over 1 - - - - - - TOTALS 8 14 2 - 3 3 - - The six deaths from Tuberculosis were all previously notified cases, from (10) which it would appear that the notification of Tuberculosis is efficiently carried out. There were no cases of wilful neglect or of refusal to notify Tuberculosis in any form. PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS. 1925. |
017550d5-0771-4273-b6f1-c6bb72d633b5 | It has not been found necessary to take any action under the above Regulations, relating to Tuberculous employees in the Milk Trade. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. 1936. SECTION 172. COMPULSORY REMOVAL TO HOSPITAL OF CASES OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. No action was necessary under the above Section. DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION. During the year, 459 children completed the full course of Immunisation, as follows:- Under 5 years of age: 261 5 - 15 years of age: 198 In addition, children received a third (booster) injection. The following is the estimated percentage of children resident in the district who have received Immunisation at any time up to 31st December, 1947:- Under 5 years of age: 48$ 5 - 15 years of age: 55^ SCABIES (PUBLIC HEALTH) NO. 1 ORDER. 1944. |
9127dfe3-816b-42ff-b5ef-6116d913e5bb | The following are particulars of cases pf Scabies treated in the district. Adults. Schoolchildren. Under 5 Yrs. Treated at Cleansing Station: 40 7 4 Treated at home: 7 1 _ 47 8 4 Precautionary Treatments 4 8 _ I am, Yours faithfully, ARTHUR L. HYATT, M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. ACTING MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. (11) HOUSING STATISTICS. 1. Inspection of duelling houses during the year:- (a) (i) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing dofoots (under Public Health or Housing Acts). 627 (ii) Number of inspections made for the purpose. |
63e47086-5f43-4fdb-a819-5cce2942fb01 | 794 (b) (i) Number of dwelling houses (included under sub-head (a) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925> and Amending Regulations, 1932. 393 (ii) Number of inspections made for the purpose. 502 (c) Number of houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation. 1 (d) Number of duelling houses (exclusive of those referred to under sub-head (c) above) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation. 526 2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal noticess- (a) Number of defective houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers. 454 (b) Informal notices outstanding at the end of the year. 24 3. Action under Statutory Povers during the year:- (a) Proceedings under Sections 9? |
23f79b54-1deb-48ee-8c2c-537adff946ad | 10 and l6 of the Housing Act, 1936: (i)- Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs. 7 (ii) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:- (A) by owners, 2 (B) by Local Authority in default of owners. NIL (C) outstanding notices. 5 (b) Proceedings under Public Health Act, 1936: (i) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring drfects to be remedied. 40 (ii) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which defects wore remedied aftor service of formal notices (A) by owners. 36 (B) by Local Authority in default of owners. NIL (C) outstanding notices. 4 (c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936: (i) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made. |
b9b4940d-27d7-4ccb-a808-bea1ac228da2 | NIL (ii) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders. NIL P" (12) (d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936: (i) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made. NIL (ii) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit, NIL 4. Housing Act, 1936 - Overcrowding:- (a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year. (ii) Number of families dwelling therein. (iii) Number of persons dwelling therein, (b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year. (c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year, (ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases. |
ed3af6bf-3e2c-4dc3-8c90-2399ee6d8ba9 | (d) Particulars of such cases in which dwelling houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding. (1) ANNUAL REPORT of the CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR to the BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL by CHARLES WILLIAM HILL, M.S.I.A. CHIEF SANITARY AND HOUSING INSPECTOR. (2) BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT, Public, Health Department, 31 Food Street, Barnet. To the Chairman and Members of the Barnet Urban District Council. Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report giving particulars of the measures carried out by my Department, during the year 1947, in administering the numerous Acts and Bye-laws concerning Public Health; Housing, Petroleum etc. in force within the district. |
3212857c-b365-4154-a64f-a6c630d3d43b | During the war years, owing to shortage of staff and war duties, this report was considerably curtailed, and as in fact issued only in a statistical form for the purpose of preserving continuity of records. Copies were, however, sent to the Ministry of Health, the County Council, and to other Government Departments concerned. With the return of members of the Staff from War Service it has once more been possible to take up much of the inspection work which had remained in abeyance, partly because of this shortage of staff and also owing to the fact that the enforcement of much remedial work was impracticable. Availability of labour and materials is still a limiting factor, but there has been an improvement, and a great deal of repair work necessary to property has been carried out. The Ministry of Health has given a direction that all repairs under Statutory Notice from the local authority must receive a priority if necessary. INSPECTION OF DISTRICT. General Inspections of the District have been carried out periodically and all complaints investigated. |
70e340cf-78ee-4bff-ae69-6b36223ac918 | The process of serving a preliminary or intimation notice upon the person in default, specifying the works necessary to remedy the defects found, is usually (3) followed, and only if a person fails to comply with this preliminary notice, or strict legal procedure is necessary in the first instance, is the matter reported to the Council for statutory action to be taken. It will thus be seen that the majority of the work is as between the Inspector and the individual concerned, consequently it is only in a report such as this that the work accomplished can come to the knowledge of the Council. The Annual Report should therefore be of a fairly comprehensive character. The works carried out have as far as possible been classified under the various Acts to which they relate. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. 1936. |
a052d8cd-1ed3-4ccf-b7d8-aa651eddee46 | INFECTIOUS DISEASE - INVESTIGATIONS AND DISINFECTIONS, The cases of Infectious Disease enumerated below have been investigated and reported upon to your Medical Officer of Health:Scarlet Fever 14; Diphtheria 2; Erysipelas 7; Tuberculosis 24. Forty-seven houses were disinfected wherein cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases occurred, and bedding sent to be steam disinfected in certain instances. One hundred and twenty-three library books used by patients were disinfected. DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS. The number of persons registered to sell milk is twenty-three, viz:- 8 Dairies and Cowsheds. 15 Milkshops and Purveyors of Milk. Forty-seven inspections were made, and particular attention paid to the hygienic essentials necessary for a pure milk production and distribution. |
f06d330a-b176-4401-b58e-fe904fbbc14e | Cowsheds of good construction, providing proper light, ventilation and cubic air space per cow are essential, but would be of little value unless accompanied by a proper appreciation of the importance of grooming the cow's flanks, washing the udder, cleanliness of the milker's hands and the proper washing and sterilising of milk utensils and bottles. I am therefore pleased to record that the dairyman and his assistants are learning this lesson and are setting themselves higher standards than ever before. High bacterial counts have a real significence to them now that they have learned the causes and implications and are conscious that a dirty milk supply is a reflection on their methods and cleanliness. (4) Samples are taken from time to time, and the results forwarded to the dairymen. During the past year, forty-seven samples were taken in the district, and tests appropriate to the particular Designations of milk applied with the following results. Designation. Mo. of Samples Taken. Passed Test. Failed Test. |
42c43882-1175-4bb5-a2ff-3e42884a805b | Tuberculin Tested. 8 7 1 Tuberculin Tested (Certified). 1 1 - Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) 7 5 2 Accredited. 15 9 6 Pasteurised. 16 16 - TOTALS 47 38 9 Thirteen Dealer's Licences were granted for the retail sale of milk under the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936 to 1946, viz:- Tuberculin Tested 6. Accredited 1. Pasteurised 6. Producer's Licences for designated milks are issued by the County Council. PRIVATE SLAUGHTER - HOUSES AND SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT. |
1f80e7f2-92fe-417c-8ae8-24ebcdc21e69 | 1977.. Since Food Rationing was introduced the Private Slaughter-houses in the district, three in number, have been closed, meat rationing being more easily organised and administered from one abbatoir supplying a large area than from a number of small slaughter-houses in each district. It is doubtful whether these small private slaughter-houses will again be permitted to function. There are ten persons licensed by the Council as fit persons to slaughter animals, one less than in the previous year. These slaughtermen, although still required to be licensed by this Authority, work outside the district. No complaint has been received from the districts in which they work concerning the conduct of any of these men. (5) MEAT AND FOOD INSPECTION. The following is a list of the articles of food condemned as unfit for human consumption during the years- Meat. Beef (Imported) 297 lbs. Beef (Home Killed) 17 lbs. |
32c58595-7373-4472-8823-56bab316370e | Mutton (Imported) 12½ lbs. Pork 2½ lbs. Minced Beaf 110 lbs, Ox Livers 23 lbs. Lambs Livers 10½ lbs. Beef Sausage Meat 26 lbs. Pork Sausage Meat 26 tins Pork Sausages 9 lbs. Meat Pies 3 Bacon 106¾ lbs. Corned Beef 465 lbs. Corned Mutton 142 lbs. Stewed Steak 26 tins Steak & Kidney Pudding 13 tins Meat & Vegetables 15 tins Tongue (Ox & Lamb) 4 tins Fish. Wet Fish (Plaice, Whiting, Mackerel; Coalfish & Dabs) 29½ stone Smoked Fish (Cod, Haddocks & Kippers) 55 stone Fish Roes 11 lbs, Cockles 1 gall. Shrimps 14 lbs. |
ecf2a118-522f-4ae3-adda-5e23ae5a678e | Prawns 28 lbs. Crabs 14 lbs. Salmon 23 tins Pilchards 35 tins Sardines 56 tins Whiting 70 tins Herrings 23 jars Smoked Herring Spread 27 tins Silds 485 tins Herring Tidbits 23,134 tins Cods Liver, Crawfish & Oysters 5 tins Fruit. Prunes 50 lbs. Figs (Dried) 14 lbs. Sultanas 60 lbs. Raisins 68 lbs. Apricots (Dried) 23 lbs. Tomatoes 54 lbs. Dates 187 boxes Grapefruit 10 tins Pears 7 tins Plums 7 tins Peaches 9 tins Apricots 6 tins Fruit Salad 4 tins Tomatoes 31 tins Vegetables and Cereals, Pearl Barley 24 lbs. Lentils 36 lbs. |
bb42875f-265c-4166-a360-ca0ab1068599 | Peas (Dried) 99 Butter Beans 112 lbs. Beetroot 29 tins Silver Beet 1,794 tins Peas 88 tins Sliced Carrots & Peas 19 tins Turnips 212 tins Baked Beans 60 tins Spinach 3 tins Celery Hearts 2 tins Macaroni 48 lbs. Spaghetti 13 lbs. Semolina 117 lbs. Macaroni in Sauce 5 tins Groceries etc. Milk (Liquid) 390 tins Milk (Powder) 3 tins Cheese 36 lbs. Margarine 2¾ lbs. Lard 3 lbs. Sugar 115 lbs. Jam & Marmalade 75 tins Porridge Oats 2 pkts. Pate de Foie 2 tins Blancmange Powder 140 lbs. |
7b4787a4-6d1d-4d22-9486-e4a0886c8d10 | Soup 17 tins Orange Juice Jelly 4 tins Coffee Essence 9 botts Cake Mixture 2 pkts. Dried Egg 1 pkt. "Beetox" 1 jar "Plantox" 15 lbs. Pickles 9 ars Chocolates l89¾ lbs. Fudge 12 lbs. Nut Toffee 28 lbs. Boiled Sweets 32 lbs. (6) FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1958. Those sections of the above Act concerning adulteration and sampling of foodstuffs are enforced by the County Authority in this district. The following details shevr the number and nature of the samples taken in the Urban District of Barnet during the year, and the results of the analyses, Milk (Pasteurised) 8 Milk (Homogenised) 1 Milk (Tuberculin Tested) 2 Milk (Sterilised) 1 Beef Sausage 1 All were found to be genuine. |
cf731bff-54c0-43de-9d44-c9a17b22df4d | The number of samples taken could in my opinion be increased, having regard to the fact that this is the largest shopping centre in this corner of the County, and supplies a much larger population than that of Barnet. There is also no variety in the articles sampled. DRAINAGE AND SANITARY CONVENIENCES. The drains or sanitary fittings to 95 premises were found to be in some respect defective. In eleven cases, the drains were found to be so defective as to necessitate their being taken up and entirely relaid. In two instances, drains discharging into a watercourse were cut off therefrom and connected to the Council's sewer. The drains to twenty houses were found to be stopped up. During an investigation of pollution of the Dollis Brook, it was found that crude sewage was being discharged into the Brook from. St. Joseph's Convent, Totteridge. |
dc1920c4-6e04-4325-a70b-95d8bc59e876 | The Institution's sewage disposal plant, installed at the instance of this Council in 1937, had been neglected during the war and had fallen into disrepair. Notice was served, requiring the overhaul and repair of the filtration plant. This work was put in hand, but was not completed by the end of the year. Remedial work in connection with all the above properties required the provision of 31 new water closets; 20 sinks; 44 water closet flushing cisterns, 31 inspection chambers and 16 soil pipes. (7) WATER SUPPLY, Fifty-two premises were reported as being without proper vater supply, due mainly to bursts caused by frost. In three of these cases, however, the water was cut off owing to nonpayment of water rates. In each case this Department was notified by the Water Company, and steps were taken which resulted in the early reconnection of the supply. FACTORIES ACT. 1937. |
dc67a1f8-7351-43ee-837b-e89aae1cc2dc | Thirty-six inspections of factories with mechanical power and twenty-nine inspections of factories without mechanical power were made during the year, including bakehouses. In one instance, notification was received from H.M. Inspector of Factories concerning the dirty condition of a factory. This was remedied and the Inspector informed accordingly. In addition, four notices were served where defects were found contravening the requirements of the Act. Additional washing accommodation 'as also required in one bakehouse. MEANS OF ESCAPE IN CASE OF FIRE. Section 34 of the Act requires every factory in which more than 20 persons are employed to be certified by the local authority as being provided with such means of escape in case of fire for the persons employed therein as may reasonably be required in the circumstances of each case. At the instance of H.M. Inspector of Factories, four applications for certificates were received. These factories were inspected, and in certain cases improvements were required. |
9fdb7fa2-0898-4a40-9ee2-8f54f2eede85 | When these improvements had been completed, certificates specifying in detail the means of escape provided, together with particulars of fire fighting appliances, were issued to the occupiers, HOUSING ACT. 1936 - OVERCROWDING. In common with most other Authorities, it has been impossible to administer the provisions of the above Act with regard to overcrowding, A certain number of the most serious cases have of course been placed in new Council houses, but a good deal of overcrowding exists. The files, containing particulars of 3,632 (8) surveys carried out prior to the war, are however being added to as new property becomes occupied, and during the past year over 500 were revised. The information already obtained will form a useful b??? upon which to work when it is possible to make a fresh start with this important matter. It will also be to a large extent a guide as to the housing needs of the district. VANS USED AS DWELLINGS. |
a945dd85-ca95-43d0-9387-ebaef4e7ace7 | The vans which entered the district for the purpose of attending Barnet Fair were in many instances visited in order to ascertain their sanitary condition, and to enquire as to any illness which might be of an infectious character. Temporary sanitary accommodation was provided in different sections of the Fair for the use of the caravaners, and attention paid to such matters as disposal of fish offal and other refuse. SANITARY CONDITION OF CINEMAS. DANCING HALLS AND OTHER PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT. The Halls used as cinemas, and for ds.ncing and other entertainment, were inspected during the year, concerning their fitness for the nature of the entertainment proposed to be given as regards fire escape; ventilation; dressing, cloakroom and lavatory accommodation Prior to the war I invited the Chief Officer of the Council's Fire Brigade to accompany me on these inspections, to make an examination of the fire extinguishers and other fire appliances, when instructions were given to have these overhauled where necessary. |
3543257d-a177-44da-ad1c-1efbb2f738d8 | It is proposed to renew this practice, and invite the co-operation of the Station Officer of the Hertfordshire Fire Service. HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL ACT, 1975. Provision is made in this Act for the conduct and regulation of (1) Hairdressers' and Barbers' Premises; (2) Swimming Baths and Pools, and (3) Employment Agencies. Hairdressers' and Barbers' Promises. The Council made Bye-laws for securing the cleanliness of these premises in 1937. There are fifteen such establishments in the district. (9) Swimming Baths and Bathing Pools. The only swimming pool in the district, viz, at "The Barn", Barnet By-Pass, is not now in use. Employment Agencies. Prior to the war there were four employment agencies in the district. These, however, are no longer in existence. SHOPS ACT. 1934. |
41ec8809-77ea-427b-9f65-4821e0eab209 | Routine inspection of shops has been in abeyance during and since the war, but it is proposed to resume this work at an early date. General inspections, however, are continually made. STATUTORY NOTICES. As previously stated, in the large majority of cases preliminary or intimation notice is sufficient to secure the remedying of any defect to property or breach of the Acts, Regulations and Bye-laws in force within the district, and it was found necessary to ask your authority to serve Statutory Notice in only 47 cases. Of this number, 38 had been complied H.th at the end of the year, leaving 9 outstanding. PETROLEUM (REGULATION) ACTS. 1928 AND 1936. There are thirty-five persons licensed to store petroleum upon the Register; one more than last year. The Licences are for varying quantities from 1.8 gallons to 6,000 gallons. |
1c94d3ce-9f0d-4033-b2c8-9b8b4abf4500 | The total quantity of petroleum spirit which may be kept in the various stores is 28,628 gallons. Forty-one inspections were made, but there was no serious breach of the Regulations to report. One Licence was issued for the storage of 100 lbs. of Carbide of Calcium. The scale of fees for Licences to Store Petroleum ranges from 5/- for a quantity not exceeding 100 gallons to £1 for 1,000 to 5,000 gallons. With a view to the standardisation of electrical equipment used in connection with petrol service pumps, the Secretary of State, Home Office, has issued a Model Code of requirements. In the past, the production of satisfactory electrically operated pumps has been rendered difficult by the varying requirements of local authorities. Now the new Code will, in due course, be incorporated in the (10) conditions attached to the issue of Licences for all premises such as garages or filling stations in which electrically operated pumps are installed. |
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