[Report 1892] / Medical Officer of Health, County Palatine of Lancaster / Lancashire County Council.

  • Lancashire (England). County Council.
Date:
1892
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Credit: [Report 1892] / Medical Officer of Health, County Palatine of Lancaster / Lancashire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    urine of animals increase on the surface of the ground. By the action of the wind, these materials are caught up and blown considerable distances, giving rise to annoyance, and perhaps irritation of the eyes, throat, or bronchial passages, and when particles, obtained from human or other excrement, are infective as occasionally happens, serious disease may be engendered. In the observations which I have brought before you relating to public scavenging and the removal of refuse, my endeavour has been to point out for your consideration a few of the recognised methods of carrying out some of the most important of your sanitary duties. Attention has also been directed to the intimate connection certain diseases have with insanitary conditions, and to the close dependence of public health and comfort on a state of perfect cleanliness.