[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Skelton & Brotton U.D.C.

  • Skelton and Brotton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Skelton & Brotton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DISTRICT A summary of visits made is tabulated below:— TABLE 6 No. of Inspections Dwellinghouses 1240 Conversions 59 Slaughterhouses 1645 Factories 8 Food Premises 26 Water Supplies 39 Drainage and Sewerage 197 Pests 87 Infectious Diseases 29 Miscellaneous 419 Total 3749 Daily routine work on meat inspection again showed an increase. This work has more than doubled over the last three years. WATER SUPPLY With the exception of some outlying farms and cottages water is supplied by the Tees Valley and Cleveland Water Board. Table 7 summarises the position as follows: TABLE 7 Number of houses having mains supply in pipes inside 4331 Number of houses supplied by standpipes .... .... — Number of houses supplied by wells and springs .... 20 Eleven samples of water were taken during the year and submitted for bacteriological examination. Details are given in Table 8. TABLE 8 Area No. of Samples Result Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Boosbeck 1 1 — Brotton 2 2 — Lingdale 2 2 — New Skelton 1 1 — North Skelton 1 1 — Skelton 2 2 — Skelton Green 2 2 jL* —