[Report 1941] / Sanitary Committee [- Medical Officer of Health], Cornwall County Council.

  • Cornwall (England). County Council.
Date:
1941
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    Station Garage. Officer-in-Charge. Helston Wendron Street. Tel. 58. Supt. J. B. Gilbert, S.J.A.B., 11, Meneage St., Tel. 58. Illogan Headquarters, S.J.A.B., Pool, Redruth. / Supt. W. H. Kevern, S.J.A.B., 90, Agar Road, Illogan Highway, Redruth. Tel. 417. St. Ives Dove Street. Supt. W. H. Care, S.J.A. Div., Gabriel Street, Tel. 81. Launceston Ambulance Station, Westgate Street. Tel. 32. Supt. W. G. Mooney, S.J.A.B., St. Mary’s, Tavistock Road. Tel. 32. Liskeard Ambulance Station, Fair Park. Tel. 23 (Police). Transpt. Sgt. S. C. Sanders, S.J.A.B., 13, Fore Street. Pendeen Hillside, Trewellard, Pendeen. Tel. St. Just 68. Ambu. Off. D. J. Briggs, S.J.A.B., The Square, Pendeen. Tel. St. Just 52. Penzance Penalverne Car Park. Supt. T. C. Cooper, S.J.A.B., Alverton Street, Tel. 287. Redruth Headquarters, S.J.A. Div., Basset Street. Tel. 159. Supt. C. C. Pellowe, S.J.A.B., 1, Close Hill, Tel. 159. Truro City Road. Tel. 2439. Supt. W. Bennellick, S.J.A.B., 14, St. George’s Villas. Tel. 2233. In addition to the above, there are also ambulances at Bude, Newquay and Torpoint. These ambulances are not available for ordinary infectious disease, but are used in connection with the Council’s Public Health Services. Ambulances for ordinary infectious disease are provided by the District Councils in con- nection with the Isolation Hospitals. The County Council make a grant of £\o per ambulance to the Cornwall Voluntary Aid Organisation, to be devoted solely to expenses in connection with road accidents. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. County Councils are not Sanitary Authorities for such purposes as water supply, sewerage, and the arrangements for dealing with infectious disease, but under the Local Government Act, 1929, County Councils may make grants to District Councils in aid of schemes for water supply and sewerage. Grants have been made by the County Council in aid of water supplies for rural areas. Rivers and Streams. Action to check pollution of rivers or streams may be taken by District Councils or by the County Council. Schools. The sanitary condition and water supply of the Schools is constantly receiving the attention of the Education Committee, and as oppor- tunity offers Schools are connected with water and drainage schemes.