[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough.

  • Andover (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    •4- A scheme for the erection of a Refuse Incinerator at the Sewage Disposal Works has been prepared by the Borough Engineer, but before submission to the Ministry of Health, certain difficulties arising from restrictive covenants on the land have to be overcome. Alternative tipping sites are not available except in the valley, either in old gravel pits in the river bed and valley gravel or on waterlogged ground adjoining the* river. Watercress beds and the boreholes and pumping station of the town water supply are situated in this valley, and the Borough Engineer who is also Water Engineer, will not recommend a site for tipping in this locality. The provision of a Refuse Incinerator is rapidly becoming an urgent necessity. HOUSING ♦ The year has shown considerable progress in the matter of completion of houses within the Borough area. Up to December 1946, 27 permanent houses had been completed by the Local Authority, and 7 by Private Enterprise. By the end of December 1947, a total of 83 permanent houses had been completed by the Local authority, 50 temporary bungalows completed by the Ministry of Works, and a total of 34 houses erected by Private Enterprise, bringing the total of post-war new dwellings to 172. A further 84 houses are in progress, including 10 by the Enham-Alamein Housing Association, and should bo completed by mid- 1948. The prospects of erecting further houses are not hopeful although sites wrill be ready for a further 141 dwellings, including 38 aged persons dwellings, and permission to proceed with 12 houses including 6 for agricultural workers has been given. further 6 prefabricated houses have been authorised for the Enham-Alamein Housing Association. GENERAL HEALTH No special outbreaks of infectious diseases during the year. ME.-.T SUPPLY Slaughtering is still carried out at the Ministry of Food Slaughterhouse and the arrangements have generally proved satisfactory. MILK SUPPLIES There are 11 producers and 7 distributors, regular inspections are made and conditions are on the whole satisfactory. FACTORIES There are 131 factories on the register, 45 inspections were carried out and not one notice wa.s served. In 9 cases defects were found but these were remedied without the service of Notices. (X - (\ • Qdti/v Medical Officer of1’Health.