[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Stanley (Co. Durham) U.D.C.
- Stanley (Durham, England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1909
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Stanley (Co. Durham) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Harperley, January 25th, 1910. Gentleman, I have the honour to present your Council with my Report upon the condition of the District, in respect to the Factory and Workshops Act, Sanitary State, Amount of Sickness, and Vital Statistics for the year 1909. The chief industry is coal-mining, and every other industry is practically depending upon it for its existence. The past year has been a fairly prosperous one and your Board has not been called upon to give any assistance to workmen out of employment. Factory and Workshops Act.—This Act provides for the comfort of the workmen as regards air space, ready means of exit, and sanitary accessories ; and it] devolves on the Medical Officer of Health and Inspector to see it is carried out. The District contains 13 Factories and 40 Workshops. With the exception of two cases (where a little whitewashing was needed) examination shewed that everything was most satisfactory, and the requirements of the Act had been carefully carried out. No material of a kind injurious to health i& used in any of the works. Surveyor’s and Inspector’s Department.—The building trade was very active during the year—259 houses were erected in that period : 251 were self- contained houses with 3, 4, and 5 rooms each and paved yards; 8 were tenements with 3 rooms and a scullery downstairs, and 4 rooms and scullery upstairs and self-contained yards. Old Property.—A great number of houses coming under this heading were built before control was exercised by any Authority. There are some](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30135023_0001.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
