[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1921
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    TABLE XXII.—(Continued). Year. 1921. 1920. 1919. VII. Fish and Game Inspection. Under the Glasgow Police Amendment Act, 1890. Number of Packages of Fish, Game, Poultry, and Rabbits passed through Fish Market, Number of Inspections of Fish Shops, Restaurants, and Hawkers’ Barrows and Carts, ... 1,121,302 1,581,199 1,206,542 1,229 964 1,257 Number of Nuisances discovered therein, Fish and Game destroyed with consent— Fresh Fish, 263,218 172,911 318,454 Cured Fish, 90,712 41,740 10,808 Shell Fish, 1,314 Crabs, ... ... ... Oysters, ... 112 Lobsters, 81 26 Rabbits, ... 3,783 1,614 1,457 Game, ... ... ... 46 115 397 Poultry, 249 167 48 (6) Air Purification. Year. 1921. 1920. 1919. Smoke Prevention. Glasgow Police (Further Powers) Act, 1892, Sec. 31. Number of Inspections of Boiler and other Furnaces, 1,297 1,156 1,112 20,166 n Observations of Chimneys, 19,509 19,448 ii Intimations of Excess Smoke given, ... n Warning Notices to those contravening the 332 338 322 Act, ... ... ... 18 44 24 1. Prosecutions in Police Courts, ... 57 42 40 ii Convictions, 57 42 39 n Amount of Fines imposed, ii Prosecutions withheld on receiving a promise £105 17 £62 7/6 £58 11/6 from Offenders to improve the Furnace Plant, 9 10 12 n Prosecutions withheld on account of accidents to Furnace Plant, or, regular fireman temporarily off duty, 4 5 17 ii New Steam Boilers installed to give increased power, ... ti Mechanical Stokers fitted to Steam Boiler 3 4 3 Furnace,.. ii Boiler Furnaces fitted with Smoke-preventing 2 8 4 Appliances, H F'urnaces in which Anthracite Coke or other 1 10 non-bituminous fuel has been substituted for ordinary Coal. 21 16 9 ii Furnaces adapted for Smokeless Combustion of Oil F'uel, ... . . i. Steam Boilers replaced by Electric Motors 8 5 (using Corporation power), ... a New Chimneys erected or existing Chimnevs 7 5 heightened to give increased draught and carry gases higher. 3 f> 9 ii Improvements to Furnaces not coming under any of the above headings, n Furnaces formerly' Coal fired, reconstructed 1 4 for use of Corporation gas, ... 3 Spraying' Dungsteads, Ashpits and Privies. Total number of Dungsteads Sprayed from 8th June till 18,239 26th September, 14,884 15,938 Total Outlay for Wages, Plant, and Material, £403 7/10 £414 10/3 £418 3/ Interments. For year ending 31st May. ’Total number of Applications granted for Interment of 348 Unclaimed and other Bodies, 682 324 Total Expenditure, ... ... ... ... £1,607 15/6 £558 2/3 £534 6/3 Payment of Costs recovered, ... £245 19/3 £125 15/6 £109 1/3