[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridlington U.D.C. Borough.

  • Bridlington (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1907
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Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridlington U.D.C. Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    x6 Public Markets and Food Inspection. The Public Markets have been inspected during the year4 and the following have been destroyed, being unfit for human food :— 24 lbs. Black Currants, 3 large tins Pears, 28 lbs Icelandic Fish (Halibut). Ice Cream Vendors. No complaint can be made as to the condition in which the premises and also the utensils of the Ice Cream Vendors have been kept during the year. Offensive Trades. 4 Premises are used for the carrying on of offensive trades. Each has been found to be kept in a cleanly and satisfactory condition. Smoke Nusiances. During the year there have been many complaints of the Smoke Nuisance on the South side of the town, and many hourly observations have been taken, but as proceedings can only be taken under the Public Health Act, which states that “Any chimney sending forth black smoke in such quantity as to be a nuisance,” and also, the absence of a bye-law, stating the “ time limit,” or the quantity of smoke that should be emitted, great difficulty has been experienced in abating the Nuisance. Drainage. The drainage of the town is receiving more and more attention year by year, and rightly so, for the number of brick culverts, disused cesspools and cisterns that have been abolished have been many, but I would again point out the desirability of taking out drains and old culverts where under buildings, and causing them to be relaid, regardless of expense, outside the external wall of any and all such buildings. Disinfection. During the year, many rooms have been disinfected with a view not only to preventing the spread of, but stamping out, infectious disease. These have been fumigated either with sulphur