[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucester City & Port.

  • Gloucester (England). City and Port Council.
Date:
1920
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    House Refuse. There are no hxed ashpits. The refuse is collected by Corporation employees three times a week. The refuse is placed in all sorts of unsuitable and, in the majority of cases, uncovered receptacles, where it remains, sometimes for several hours, as an unsightly spectacle along the streets, and to be utilised by dogs, as well as a depository for breeding flies. The Corporation, under the Local Act of 1911, have power to enforce the use of galvanized iron or enamelled iron dustbins. From the public health point of view, as well as for its aesthetic value, enforcement of this clause on occupiers would be a welcome reform. I would, further, suggest (a) that the collection of refuse should be completed by eight a.m., (b) a more frequent collection, (c) in all cases the collecting carts should be covered. The refuse destructor is quite inadequate to cope with the amount of refuse collected, and tipping is resorted to, which under any circumstances is never an ideal arrangement. This tipping has been done at the north west boundary of the City ; but arrangements are being made to stop further tipping at this place and to convey the refuse to disused brickpits about a mile out of the City. SCHOOLS. A complete and detailed report of all the Elementary School buildings is given as a result of visits of inspection made by me during the Christmas vacation, 1920. It will be noted from this report that in almost every instance the windows were found to be in a very dirty condition, and I have again to submit for the consideration of the Education Committee the suggestion that the windows should be cleaned at least four times a year. Ventilation.—In many instances there is an absence of cross ventilation in the class rooms ; in some instances both inlets and exits for air are unsatisfactory, and at a comparatively small expenditure great improvement could be effected in both