[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick].

  • Chiswick (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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    11 Accidentally run over on the Main Road 2 A child suffocated accidentally in bed 1 Neglect at birth 3 Drowning 1 Pneumonia 1 Water Supply. The results of the bacteriological examinations for the year continue to show the thorough efficiency of the filtration; also the excellent character of the supply from the two Companies serving this District, the West Middlesex and Grand Junction. I have the satisfaction of remarking that the Dis trict has now a constant supply to each house. The importance of this cannot be overrated. A draw-Off tap has been supplied to 300 houses, which enables the occupiers to obtain the drinking water direct from the main, instead of through cisterns which are too frequently both dirty and uncovered. Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890., The proceedings under this Aft applied to two houses in Essex Place (Nos. 31 and 33), which I condemned as being uninhabitable in their present condition, both are at the present unoccupied. Isolation Hospital. The temporary hospital which was opened for the reception of Patients in January, 1896, was closed in February, 1897, owing to the diminution of the num ber of cases. It is a matter of congratulation that your Council have at last succeeded in securing a site for a Fever