[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Kenilworth U.D.C.

  • Kenilworth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Kenilworth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    38, Holly Walk, Leamington Spa. August 15th, 1963. To the Kenilworth Urfean District Council Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my annual report upon the health of the urban district in 1962. Once again several hundred new citizens were added to your population. The statistics for births, deaths and infectious disease were all satisfactory. Your water supply and scavenging services have been adequate to meet the demands but grave difficul- ties were experienced in treating sewage at your works because of the extensive alterations in progress there. Thus the quality of the effluent became so bad as to lead to a formal complaint from the Severn River Board. Mr. Ed- mundson retired from the post of Public Health Inspector at the end of March 1962 although remaining as your Sur- veyor for another six months. Mr. H. W. Sillifant, who had assisted him for some years in the health department, has been appointed your Public Health Inspector as from 1st April, 1962. Mr. Edmundson is retiring to live in Kenilworth and it will be the hope of all his former colleagues that he and his wife will find great happiness in the charming house which he has designed as their home. It is a privilege to have worked with so loyal and friendly a colleague. His unfailing sense of humour made light of difficulties and he was a modest man who did not seek to advertise the im- portance of the work which he did for Kenilworth. In Mr. Sillifant the Council has chosen a worthy successor. He will also be the officer responsible for Public Cleansing. Home Safety The Council received in January, 1962, a letter from the County Council inquiring if they wished to promote the formation of a Home Safety Committee. After discussion of the letter it was decided to explore the support which such a Committee might expect to find in the town, but no immediate decision was taken in the absence of any strong or expressed local interest. Housing In regard to housing a review by your health inspector showed that of 106 houses scheduled in 1955 as unfit some