[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Paignton U.D.C.

  • Paignton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Paignton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE ANNUAL REPORT OP THE SANITARY INSPECTOR For the Year ending the 31st day of December, 1909. To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District Gowicil of Paignton. Mk. Chairman and Gentlemen, I have much pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Eeport for the year ending the 31st day of December, 1909, being my fifteenth. A large number of drains have been tested during the year. Drains. A good number of the persons visiting here give greater atten¬ tion to the condition and sanitary arrangement of the lodging houses than formerly; there are also a number of people who come here for a few years only, hence being anxious as to the condition of the sanitary arrangements of the houses they wish to occupy. Some of the houses are tested at an interval of a few years. In all eases where defects are found they are remedied, and where found necessary new drains are laid, and in some instances in the old property it has been found ad¬ visable to lay a new system of drainage. In several cases where inspections have been made I have found that the drains have been opened up for some reasons and have not been properly repaired, in fact in one instance no attempt had been made to repair the pipe which was left broken. Cases like this may cause serious damage to the health of the surrounding tenants and I would again strongly urge that Bye-laws be made under the Public Healths Act Amendment Act, so that no drain opened for repair should be covered over until inspected by the officers of the Local Authorities. In many cases where alterations of drains have taken place inspection chambers have been put in, greatly facilitating the future inspection and cleansing of the same. Where pan container, long hopper or washout-pans have been found these have been taken out and washdown-pans substituted, so that during the year a great improvement has been made in the drainage and sanitary arrangements of several of the older houses.