[Report 1882] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucester City & Port.

  • Gloucester (England). City and Port Council.
Date:
1882
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    more perfect connections with the City system, by which means the difficulty is removed. Another cause of stoppage is one which, whilst it is easy to remedy, is difficult to prevent, especially in privy accommodation which is used by more than one house,—as is the case in numerous courts in the older part of the district. There, where children and others are careless as to what is thrown down the closets, the pipes are frequently stopped. The attention of the Inspector is frequently called to these temporary stoppages. In some of them the nuisance is periodical. In every case, I am happy to report, we have been able to induce owners or their agents to remedy the evil, without having been obliged to resort to legal proceedings. Another important matter with reference to checking the spread of disease is the action which has been taken by the Inspector and myself in the cases of Scarlet Eever which have been brought to our notice. On receiving intimation of the appear- ance of the disease, we have, either singly or together, visited the house, and have given such advice as to isolation and disinfection as appeared to be necessary, and such houses have been visited again and again, and at the fitting time instructions as to the mode of complete disinfection have been given, and in many cases have been personally carried out by Mr. Allen. The Public Elementary Schools were all disinfected during the Summer vacation. Parents were cautioned not to send children to school from infected houses; and the teachers have been requested to use special vigilance, to discover the earliest symptoms of sickness in the children. Disinfectants have been provided by the Sanitary Authority for the use of the poor; and where, as in many instances, there was a disinclination to take the trouble to send to the Corn Exchange for the Carbolic Acid, it has been delivered at the houses. I have frequently during the past year examined and reported on the water obtained in different parts of the City. The Witcomb supply continues to deserve the high character which