[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council.

  • Cheshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lymm Urban District. delivery under pressure. The water is hard (both temporary and permanent hardness), but is bacteriologically pure on analysis. Housing.—Fifty new houses are erected or in course of erection. There is overcrowding, but with the 50 now complete, 50 more suitable in rent and accommodation, should entirely relieve this, both at present and probably for some time to come. Thirty out of the 50 new houses built by the Council are now in occupation. Closet Accommodation.—The approximate number of sanitary conveniences is as follows :— Water closets ... 725 Privies and ashpits combined ... 700 Dry ashpits ... 350 Pail closets ... 30 Dustbins ... 150 Cesspools ... 50 MARPLE Urban District. Statistics.—Population (1921 Census) 6,613. Number of inhabited houses, 1,699. Birth-rate, 12.5. Death-rate, 11.4. Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:— legitimate, 5 ; illegitimate, 1 ; total, 6. Water Supply.—The water supply of Marple is obtained from the Stockport Corporation from the Kinder reservoirs, and is good in quality. Notifiable Diseases. Total Cases Disease. Notified. Diphtheria 8 Scarlet Fever 10 Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) 1 Erysipelas Tuberculosis— (a) Pulmonary (b) Non-Pulmonary 7 2 Cases admitted to Hospital. 1 3 1 4 1 H