[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwick Borough.

  • Warwick (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwick Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Additional Sanitary Inspector : S. H. West Cert. R.S.I. & S.I. Exam. Jt. Board. Cert. R.S.I. for Inspectors of Meat and Foods. Cert. R.S.I. for Smoke Inspectors. Borough Engineer, Surveyor and Waterworks Engineers : R. Wormell, A.M.I.C.E., M.I.M.E., A.M.T.P.I. Public A nalysts : Hill and Rigby, Birmingham. B. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN % THE AREA 6. Laboratory Facilities.—Bacteriological examinations by the Birmingham University :— Positive. Negative. Total. *Diphtheria ... 10 ... 33 ... 43 * Enteric Fever .... — ... — ... — Tuberculosis ... — ... — ... — 43 *This includes specimens from Heathcote Isolation Hospital. C. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DISTRICT I am indebted to Mr. Wormell, the Borough Engineer, for much of the following information :— 1. Water Supply.—The quantity of water remained good throughout the year. A satisfactory yield was obtained from the gathering ground at Haseley and, with a high rainfall throughout the year, the supply never approached an emer¬ gency level. During the year the syphon on the supply line was superseded by a main on the natural gradient which has greatly assisted the flow from the main collecting well to the reservoir.