[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Huntingdon R.D.C.

Huntingdon (England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1945

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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Huntingdon R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Infectious Disease (excluding measles and whooping-cough) ... Houses affected with ... 131 Houses inspected ... 131 No. of inspections ... 150 Houses disinfected 8 Schools disinfected Disinfectant used— Nil Formalin and Cresol Lots of clothing disinfected 8 Lots of clothing destroyed Nil Privy middens New provided Nil No. repaired Nil No. converted to pails Nil No. converted to W.C.s Nil Pail or earth closets New Provided 3 No. converted to W.C.s 3 Water closets New provided 10 No. supplied with water ... 10 Ashpits New provided Nil No. converted to ashbins ... Nil Ashbins New provided 8 Water supoly Samples taken for analysis 56 Samples condemned a 9 Wells closed Nil Wells cleansed, repaired, etc. Public supply substituted for 10 well or pond Cisterns cleansed, repaired, 18 covered Waste pipes disconnected 2 from drain Nil Housing, etc.. Act, 1909 ... No. houses closed ... Nil No. of houses made habitable Nil No. houses demolished Nil Building Bye-Laws adopted • • • Total Legal Proceedings, ... ••• ••• Nil i.e., Summonses, etc. 16/6/39 Convictions... ... ... ... ... ... Nil Factory and Workshop Act, 1937. Factories Total number on register (including: bakehouses) ... 28 No. in which nuisance abated 2 Bakehouses ... ... No. on register 11 No. in which nuisance abated 1 Home Work No. of outworkers ... Nil No. of houses Nil No. of infected houses Nil Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses, etc. Nil Convictions ... ... Nil J. R. Garrood, Medical Officer of Health. W. Midwood, Sanitary Inspector.