[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Glossop Borough.

  • Glossop (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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    FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS. The number of Factories registered is 62 and that of Workshops 63. The total number of visits paid to these places was 568. No serious defects' were found but one or two instances of renewal of lime washing were noted. SMOKE NUISANCES. The poor state of the Cotton industry has forced the Mill owners to again hold up the schemes they had in mind regarding new boilers, auto-stokers, smoke consumers, etc. Under these circumstances I refrain from making any comments concerning this portion of the Department’s work. SEWERS, DRAIN, BUILDINGS, Ac. Through the kindness of G. Faulds, Esq., Borough Surveyor, I give the following interesting data regarding works carried out either directly or under the supervision of the Surveyor’s Department:— New Buildings Erected: 72 Houses and Bungalows. Temporary Buildings: 10 Garages. 16 Other buildings. Additions and Alterations : 12 Lots of additions or alterations to various properties. 1 Isolation Ward. 1 Operating Theatre. 1 Butchers’ Shop 1 Dairy. 2 Additional W.C’s extra to 78 in new property. 15 Pail Conveniences to W.C’s. Old Stone Sewers Replaced by Sanitary Pipes: Arundel Street, 221 Lineal Yards. Edward Street, 90 ,, New Sewers: Roughfields, 300 Lineal Yards. Pyegrove, 70