[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Nelson Borough.

  • Nelson (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1903
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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Nelson Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OFFENSIVE TRADES.—Permission has been granted for the establishment of a new business of Tripe Boiling during the year. There are now three offensive trades carried on in the borough. SCAVENGING.—Scavenging and Cleansing are carried out by the Corporation Staff. All ashes and refuse are burn¬ ed at the Destructor which continues to work well. During the year, 6,432 loads of ashes, 3,982 tubs of garbage, 154 loads of market refuse, and 3,437 loads of light refuse, (giving a total weight of 6,657 tons, 15 cwts, 2 qrs.), have been treated. 1,104 miles of streets have been swept, and , 17,824 gullies cleaned. WORKSHOPS.—The whole of the workshops have been inspect¬ ed, measured, and registered during the year, the general condition thereof being satisfactory. There 239 workshops : 70 being Domestic, 78 Men’s Work¬ shops, and 91 Ordinary. Classified according to Trades as follows : Bakers 54 ; Tailors, 19; Dressmakers and Milliners, &c., 84 ; Shoemakers and doggers, 40 ; General, 42. A permanent Disinfecting Station, fitted with an Alliott and Paton’s L. size Steam Disinfector has been completed and is now in use with good results. This has been urgently needed for some years. Thanks to Mr. B. Ball (Borough Engineer), I am able to state that during the year plans have been approved for the erection of 156 houses in addition to shops and other classes of buildings, while exactly 138 houses have actually been completed and certified as fit for habitation. At the end of the year the empty houses numbered 59, a decrease of 30 since Christmas, 1902, which gives a total annual increase of 168, and taking the inhabitants at an average at 4*7 per house an increased population of 690. The paving of 43 streets has been completed at a cost of £11,610, while there are now 41 in the hands of the contractors, and notices have