[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Lydd U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Lydd (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Lydd U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Infant Mortality was one. Total number of Births, fifty-nine. A mortality of 17 per 1,000 as compared with 80 for England and Wales and 80 for the 148 smaller towns. The cause of death was certified as Pulmonary Tuberculosis. DEATHS FROM OTHER CAUSES. Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 3 ; Bronchitis, 3 ; Cerebral Hemorrhage, 3 ; Found Drowned, 4 ; Hanging, 1 ; Senile Decay, 2 ; Heart Failure, 2 ; Placentia Praevia, 1 ; Brights Disease, 1 ; Thrombosis, 1. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Three cases of 1 uberculosis and two of Erysipelas were notified during the year. A remarkable freedom from Infectious Disease. Sanitary Circumstances of the District. WATER. The Water Supply is abundant and of excellent quality as the following Analysis shows. Parts per 100,000 Total Solid Residue .. ... ... 14-5 Chlorine ... ... ... ... 2^4 Free Ammonia ... ... ... crooi Albuminoid Ammonia ... ... o'o Nitrogen as Nitrates... ... ... o-o Oxygen absorbed £ hour at 80 F. ... C014 Oxygen absorbed 4 hours atti8o F. .. o-024 Nitrites ... ... ... Absent The source is from water works situate upon a bed of shingle some two miles from Lydd, drawing the supply from shallow wells constantly fed by an underground flow in the direction of the sea. During the year, acting upon your instructions, I inspected the site with the County Medical Officer of Health, and furnished you with a report upon the possible sources of contamination. Briefly summarised, these were from possible future contamination from privies that might be erected in connection with the stone crushing works in the course of construction on the site ; from the lavatory compartments of corridor trains passing over the line, which runs within fifty yards of the wells ; and lastly, from casual pedestrians who may at present freely wander over the site. Acting on the advice of the County Medical Officer of Health, I recommended you to make certain stipulations for the disposal of any sewage from the stone crushing company’s premises, by incineration in the adjacent furnaces of the water works ; and the County Medical Officer of Health himself undertook to apply to the railway company for the closing of any lavatory accommodation on trains while passing over that section of the line. With regard to the third possible source of danger, it was not thought necessary to enforce the expense of effectively enclosing the area involved. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE. This is effected by means of earth closets, pit closets and cesspools. I have previously reported to you the unsatisfactory nature of many of the pit closets within the Borough, and you recommended that the owners should be called upon to put the same under proper repair : this has been carried out. I would beg leave to point out that this type of closet, even when under repair,