[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Sudbury U.D.C. or Borough.

  • Sudbury (Suffolk, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Sudbury U.D.C. or Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4 Scavenging. The scavenging of the Borough has been improved, but there will be greater efficiency when all the houses have been provided with sanitary dust-bins. The refuse is of a very mixed nature and requires in some cases, the assistance of slack coal to consume it in the destructor. The rapid adoption of gas cookers and fires has greatly reduced the bulk of cinders in the refuse which had formerly assisted combustion. Sanitary Inspection of the Area. Sanitary Inspection of the Area under Article 19 of the Sanitary Officers Order> 1922. This has been carried out with good results. The special inspections to deal with specific nuisances so that their abatement upon systematic lines may be attained is and wil1 raise the general sanitary condition of the Borough. Much remains to be done and progress can only be moderate as the owners of property on the whole are not in receipt of rents that permit a large expenditure upon improvements A special feature of the year’s work has been the re-construction and improvement of water closets, which is greatly needed. Total Inspections made ... ... ... 980 Notices served— Statutory ... ... ... ... ... 31 Informal ... ... ... ... ... 150 Results— Water-closets re-constructed and improved ... no Re-constructed Drainage ... ... ... 1 Structural Repairs, &c. ... ... ... ... 143 Smoke Abatement. No action taken or necessary. Schools. The Sanitary conditions of the Schools of the town is fair, and there is an adequate water supply from the mains. Housing. I. —General Housing Conditions. (1) There is a decided shortage of houses, and several houses require closing if accom¬ modation could be found. (2) No measures have been taken during the year to overcome the shortage except the encouragement of building by private enterprise. (3) No important changes in population has taken place. The population is gradually falling. II. —Overcrowding. There is no great amount of overcrowding if one takes the common lodging-house standard of air space available. The causes of the overfilling of houses is the absence of suitable houses in which the young married people can live, and they, therefore, live with the parents of one of them, and thus we get two families in a house intended for one. No particular measures to deal with overcrowding are under consideration.