[Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Stirling County Council.

  • Stirlingshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1931
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Credit: [Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Stirling County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Towards the end of 1931 a circular (Health Services- Ko. 2) was received from the Department of Health, which called for a report by the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1931. The report is to include: — (a) A statement of the general enquiries he has made during the year, of any special enquiries as to sanitai'y matters, and of any matters as to which he has given advice or granted certificates, including any action as to offensive trades. (b) A statement as to the quality of the water supplies and as to the sufficiency of such supplies for all domestic and sanitary purposes. (c) A statement as to the efficiency, or otherwise, of the drainage systems and of the methods of sewage purification and disposal; and any suggestions for their improvement. (d) An account of the presence or absence of pollution of rivers or streams within the area, the sources and nature of any such pollution, and any action taken to check it. (e) An account of any proceedings under the Housing (Scotland) Acts, 1925 and 1930, dealing specifically with (i.) the sufficiency of working-class dwellings, (ii.) the habitability of existing dwellings and the action taken to deal with defective or uninhabitable dwellings, (iii.) any proposals under consideration or contemplated for dealing with clearance or improvement areas under Part I. of the Housing (Scotland) Act, 1930, and (iv.) the action taken where instances of overcrowding have been ascertained or suspected. (/) An account of any proceedings under the Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926. (g) A statement showing whether any conditions have arisen, or are expected to arise, pointing to the expediency of a town-planning scheme for the proper control of further development. (h) A statement as to the causes, origin, and distribution of diseases within the area, and the extent to which these have depended on or have been influenced by conditions capable of removal or mitigation. (i) An account, with statistics, of the incidence of infectious diseases, both notifiable and non-notifiable, and of any special action taken to deal with influenza, pneumonia, measles, whooping-cough, encephalitis lethargica, infective jaundice, psittacosis, and other infectious disease. Reference should be made to arrangements for the supply of diphtheria anti-toxin