[Report 1915] / Sanitary Committee [- Medical Officer of Health], Cornwall County Council.

Cornwall (England). County Council.

Date:: 1915

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Credit: [Report 1915] / Sanitary Committee [- Medical Officer of Health], Cornwall County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Housing. 261 houses were inspected, 16 of which were considered unfit for habitation. No closing orders were made. 17 houses were rectified after notices had been served. Water. During the year the Water Works Co. have in- stalled a complete new mechanical filtration plant. Infant Mortality. Dr. Gregor reports a rate of 153 per 1,000 births. “ It is a pitiful sight to see mothers standing in the street in the queue waiting for admission to a picture palace with children a few months’ old in their arms.” An interesting Report on the outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis in Falmouth has been written by Dr. Gregor and Dr. Lindsay, the military bacteriologist. FOWEY B. Improvements have been effected in the water supply and the drainage. There were 20 births and 24 deaths—a natural decrease of 4. There wrere no deaths of children under 3 years old HAYLE U.D. Birth, 20; deaths, 8. Troops were encamped on the Towans and billeted in the district; there were a few cases of Scabies, but serious illness. HELSON B. Birth, 42; deaths, 65—a natural decrease of 23. There was an excessive mortality during the first 5 months of the year, chiefly of old people and infants, attri- buted to the adverse weather conditions. LAUNCESTON B. Births, 55; deaths, 64—a natural decrease of 9. Housing. The completion and occupation of the first group of dwellings built under the Housing and Town Planning Act is reported. Special attention has been given to- certain Slaughter Houses about which complaints have been made.