[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Congleton Borough.

  • Congleton (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Congleton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sanitary li,spectlon.-i6 statutory notices were served by the Sanitary Inspector and it were complied with during the year. 438 informal notices were served, ol which 413 were complied with. Rats ic ,»lce Destruction Act, 1919. Infestation Order, i943:- Acting in conjunction with the County Scheme ol administration, a Rodent Operative was appointed to carry out treatment of infested premises. This work is carried out under the supervision of the Sanitary Inspector. During the year under review the Corporation received a “ Direction ” from the Ministry of Food (Infestation Branch) to carry out the treatment of sewers in the Borough. This work was carried out in co-operation with the Borough Surveyor’s Department with very satisfactory results. Number of infestations discovered and treated ... 57 Estimated number of rats killed during the year ... 8,970 Number of annual contracts ••• ••• 3^ Number of clearance contracts ••• ••• 7 SECTION D. Housing. The customary table of activities under the Housing Acts is omitted. Largely owing to the restrictions on Housing activities imposed on the outbreak of hostilities, the Housing position in the Borough of Congleton is very serious and constitutes the main problem facing the Corporation at the present time. The figures on overcrowding, based on the 1936 survey and given in previous reports are obviously now incorrect. Many additonal cases must be added from a large number of insanitary houses already scheduled for future action and also from houses otherwise satisfactory, where, owing to war conditions overcrowding obtains. It is hoped that the Sanitary Inspector’s Department will be in a position to carry out a further survey of overcrowding in the near future.