[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough.

  • Llanelli (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RENT RESTRICTION ACTS. One application under these Acts was received. The application was justified and a certificate given. MATTERS REPORTED TO THE BOROUGH SURVEYOR. The following matters were reported to the Borough Surveyor’s Department Drains and sewers 94 Building Bye-law Infringements 3 Wastage of Water 8 x\ccumulations 14 Other matters 18 RAT DESTRUCTION. All complaints of rat infestation have received attention, and the Slaughterhouse and Isolation Hospital have been baited several times during the year. Baits of various kinds are supplied to applicants at cost price. FUMIGATIONS. The number of houses fumigated during the year was 91. The main Wards of the Isolation Hospital were fumigated on three occasions ; 15 Cubicle Wards were also fumigated. The public mortuary was cleaned and disinfected on 7 occasions. The St. John’s Ambulance car was fumigated on 33 occasions after it had been used for the transport of patients to the Isolation Hospital. 97 Public Library books were disinfected. 667 articles of clothing were steam disinfected. The following is a statement of the houses fumigated :— Wards 1. 2. 3. Total. 6 1 24 13 3 29 3 3 7 — — 3 1 1 — — 1 — 2 6 — 3 20 Poliowing Scarlet Fever 17 Diphtheria 13 ,, Tuberculosis 1 „ Typhoid Fever 3 ,, Pneumonia ...... — „ Encephalitis Lethargica ' 1 „ Other Diseases 4 „ Dirty and Verminous Con- ditions 17