[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Loughborough Borough.

  • Loughborough (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1915
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    Removal and Disposal of House Refuse. This work is undertaken by the Corporation, with the exception of providing the horses which are contracted for. I am sorry to have to report that during the past year this system has not been carried out satisfactorily. I would recommend that the Corporation themselves provide the horses, or some kind of mechanical traction. Pail closets are emptied weekly, middens when necessary. Nuisances. From the report of the Inspector of Nuisances hereto appended, it will be noticed that 399 nuisances of various kinds have been abated. Quite a large amount of Sanitary Work has been carried out during the year. Food and Milk Supply. The milk supply of the Borough is from the Farms of the district immediately surrounding it. The milk consumed is of good quality. The dairies and small cow-sheds of the Borough are all kept under constant supervision by the Sanitary Inspector and myself. Frequent visits are made to slaughterhouses to ensure that the bye-laws are observed, and also to detect diseased meat in preparation for the food of man The places are all kept in a clean condition and I am pleased to observe that several of the older ones are being practically re-constructed, 139 stones of beef, 3 carcasses and offals of pork, 1 carcass and offals of mutton, 10 lbs. of bacon, 1 barrel and 14 boxes of apples, 6 cwts. of onions, 27 boxes of tomatoes, 3 cases of pomegranates, and 126 eggs were condemned as unfit for food and destroyed at the destructor during the year. Infectious Diseases, Methods of dealing with— An Isolation Hospital is provided for cases of Enteric Fever and Diphtheria, and, where proper isolation cannot be carried out at home, of occasional cases of scarlet fever. Disinfe ction is accomplished by :—(1) the Steam Disinfector at the Sewage Farm ; (2) fumigation with Sulphur and Formic Aldehyde ; and (3) spraying with Hal, Formalin, and Perchloride of Mercury.