[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Glendale R.D.C.

  • Glendale (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Glendale R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMMON LODGING HOUSES. We have only on© lodging' house in the dish let, which is at Lowick. There was a, change of tenants in. June, and the house was better1 attended to during the latter half of the1 year. It is a very poor house, but as it is the owner’s; intention to close it at an early date nothing further need bet done. DISINFECTIONS. Nineteen rooms were disinfected during the year, also the Isolation Hospital. The disinfecting is- done with Formalin lamps. Tell lots of bedding, etc., were brought in and disinfected at the Councils steam disinfector. CTr ISOLATION HOSPITAL. tVe had one case; of scarlet fever in the Isolation Hospital during the year, and with the exception of the water supply going dry everything was satisfactory. A few minor repairs will be needed during the present year. NEW HOUSES, ETC. No new houses have been built during the year, but the live cottages; ah Brandon White; House have been re-built, making them into very good cottages. WORKSHOPS AND WORK-PLACES. We have 55 workshops in the district, four of which are bake- houses. In the majority of these workshops only two or three workpeople are employed. Eighty-eight inspections were made, but no serious defects were found. The chief workshops are:— Bakehouses 4 Cabinetmaker si and Joiners, etc. ... 14 Dressmakers, Tailors, etc. ... 9 Boot. Repairers 4 Miscellaneous 24 Total 55 ♦