[Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, Idle Local Board / U.D.C.

  • Idle (England). Local Board.
Date:
1893
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Credit: [Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, Idle Local Board / U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    With regard to the Sanitary Work done during the year, I think we may say that a very fair amount has been satisfactorily carried out. In the first place the largest section of the sewerage works has been completed, and is now ready for property owners to connect their drains. The Thackley portion, owing to an alteration in the plans of the Shipley Local Board with whom a joint scheme had been arranged, has necessarily been postponed, but will, I understand, be proceeded with as soon as possible. Seeing that November 29th was the first day on which connections were allowed to be made with the new sewers, and that between this date and the end of the year the drains of over 40 houses have been joined thereto, I do not think we can be accused of having wasted much time thus far, and I venture to express the hope that the rest of this important work may be done as speedily and as well. The new drains have been constructed in accor- dance with the regulations (enclosed) drawn up by the Board September 4th, 1893. I am glad to be able to report the adoption of the new regulations (enclosed) under Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milk Shops Order (1885) which will come into force this year, also of the Model Bye Laws of the Local Govern- ment Board with slight modifications. The latter have not yet been confirmed at Whitehall, but that is a detail. W ith these Bye Laws, in addition to the Notification Act, the Infectious Disease Prevention Act, and the Public Health Amendment Act, 1890, you have legal artillery sufficiently powerful to demolish any sanitary obstructionist of the vested interest type however obstinate or litigious he may be. It only remains with you, gentlemen, to use those powers wisely and well.