[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Madron U.D.C.

  • Madron (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Madron U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 SANITARY ADMINISTRATION. The Public Health (Amendment) Act of 1870 is adopted, and the Infectious Diseases Prevention Act, 1890, is also adopted. The ordinary Bye-laws and regulations are in force in the District. Houses in Heamoor, Tolcarne, Wherrytown and Chyandour, are provided with water closets. In the Rural area the conservancy system is the one most in vogue. Seven earth closets have been converted to hand- flushed W.C's. Refuse from Wherrytown and the Lidden Estate is removed once a week by cart. Tolcarne house refuse is removed twice a week. Chyandour refuse is taken away once a week. This also applies to other areas in the District. The house refuse is utilized on the land by farmers. The question of the proper sewering of Tolcarne has been before your Council for many years, and plans are in existence for carrying out this scheme. Serious consideration should be given to this subject, as at the present time the Newlyn river is badly polluted by drainage from the small and defective drain pipes opening into it at different points. A drainage scheme should be started at once, and a sewer laid to below low water mark. A subject which has been before your Council at many of your meetings, is that of the provision of an Isolation Hospital. It would be advantageous to the District if such a hospital could be provided, especially if a suitable site v/ere found near the Penzance Isolation Hospital. Seeing that the latter is in the Madron District, arrangements ought to be possible to build a small hospital for 4 beds in the vicinity to serve Madron. This would be most important to both Councils, since infectious dis¬ eases in one district may rapidly spread to the adjoining dis¬ trict, and it is to the advantage of both public bodies to en¬ deavour to prevent this. SLAUGHTER HOUSES. There are two at Le scud jack which v/ere inspected 18 times from April 26th to Dec. 28th. A new main was laid in one and both were lime-washed twice and are now satisfactory. I