[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Leatherhead U.D.C.

  • Leatherhead (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1900
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Credit: [Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Leatherhead U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3. —The District Council, themselves, again undertook, instead of contracting for, the systematic Cleansing or Tub Closets, of which about 680 were attended to every week. The Tubs were taken in covered vans to the depot, in a field near Barnett Wood Lane, and, after they had been emptied and cleansed, a given quantity of Acidulated Peat Moss was put into each tub (as is practised at Congleton), to prepare them for further use. This was found to have a marked effect in deodorising the excreta while the tubs were in use at the closets. The Council also undertook the emptying of Cesspools, the contents4ofawhich were first deodorised with an acid solution of Manganate of Soda. 4. —As to the proposed Works of Sewerage and Sewage Disposal. Good progress was made with the task of laying the sewers in the district and with the outfall works. 5. —As to Nuisances. The Sanitary Inspector’s statement of the nuisances which were discovered (some of them in the course of a house-to-house inspection), and which were dealt with during the year, is given on page 6. 6. -—As to Water Supply. Two samples of water, which were sent me from a well in the distriot, were examined, with the result shown in the following table : When the Samples were sent. 1900. Source of the Samples. The Water was found to be. Action taken. July 6 Pump, Bridge Street Very Impure The well was cleaned out. July 17 Same Pump Ditto Water was laid on from Company’s Main. A report on a sample of water from the Leatherhead Water Works, which was submitted by the Company to the Jenner Institute in November for chemical and bacterioscopic examination, was very satisfactory. 7. —The Inspector informs me that the Slaughter-Houses and the premises of the registered Cowkeepers and Pcrveyor8 of Milk were regularly inspected during the year. 8. —Tables of Sickness and Mortality, in the new form prescribed by the Local Government Board, are appended to the Report. 17, Spencer Park, Wandsworth Common, 5.PF. E. L. JACOB. January, 1901.