[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough.

  • Stourbridge (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Closet Accommodation. Most of the houses are provided with Water Closets, the exceptions being cottages situate in localities where there are no sewers. There are a number of slop W.C.’s but these are gradually being converted to W.C.’s with fresh water flushing apparatus. Eleven slop water closets have been converted to water closets with fresh water flushing apparatus and 40 additional water closets have been provided. The number of privies in use at the end of the year was 11. Public Cleansing. The Scavenging is carried out by direct labour and is dealt with by controlled tipping, being spread over small areas, covered and levelled. At the end of the year there were three tips in use, viz., Corporation Depot, Birmingham Street ; Wollaston Hall Estate ; Bromley Street, Lye. Ashpits are emptied as required, and the contents of movable ashbins collected weekly. The few privies are cleared as required, the contents being buried. Cesspools are emptied and the contents either tipped down sewers or spread over farm land. Three motor freighters were in use during the year. One is used for refuse collection on three days in each week, and for cleansing of street gullies at other times. All these vehicles are very satisfactory. The other conveyances are horse-drawn. Sanitary Inspection of the Area. The Sanitary Inspector has furnished me with the following statement as required by Article 27 (18) of the Sanitary Officers (Outside London) Regulations, 1935, as to the number and nature of inspections made during the year :— Inspections of houses and premises 358 Inspections under Housing Regulations 62 Re-inspections under Housing Regulations . 2339 Overcrowding 121 Visits re notifiable disease 192 Visits re Tuberculosis 23 Re-Inspections and Re-Visits 807 Slaughter-houses . 3129 Dairies and Cowsheds 22 Factories n Bakehouses 17 Food Stores 25 Offensive trade premises 8 Shops 62 Vermin infestation 44 Water Supply . 29 Petrol 14 Vans . 9 Corporation Refuse Tips 2 Common Lodging Houses . 2