[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Gainsborough U.D.C.

  • Gainsborough (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Gainsborough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B. SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. General Medical Care. The Family Doctor. Special Maternity Services apart from the Local Health Authority Service (General Practitioner Obstetrician). Medicines, Drugs and Appliances. Dentistry. Supplementary Eye Service. C. SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARD. Hospital and Specialist Services. All forms of treatment in general or special hospitals are available, both in-patient and out-patient treatment. This includes sanatorium treatment, maternity care, care of mental health and surgical operations. Consultants and specialists are available as far as resources permit. SECTION C. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE AREA. The usual services were satisfactorily carried out. Routine analyses of samples of the water supply were made at weekly intervals. Results and remarks thereon appear in the Sanitary Inspector’s section of this report. SECTION D. HOUSING STATISTICS. Total of New Houses erected during the year .... .... .... 67 (1) By the Local Authority .... .... .... .... .... .... 50 (2) By other Local Authorities 7 (3) By other bodies or persons .... .... .... .... .... 10 1. Inspection of Dwellinghouses during the year— (1) (a) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected for housing defects (under public Health or Housing Acts) .... 151 (b) Number of inspections made for that purpose .... .... 716 (2) (a) Number of dwellinghouses (included under Sub-head above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 .... .... — (b) No. of inspections made for the purpose .... .... — (3) No. of dwellinghouses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation ... .... — (4) Number of dwellinghouses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation ... ... .... .... 131