Dr. F. St. George Mivart's report to the Local Government Board on the general sanitary circumstances and administration of Biggleswade rural district, and on the prevalence of diphtheria and enteric fever therein / [F. St. George Mivart].

  • Mivart, F. St. George.
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Dr. F. St. George Mivart's report to the Local Government Board on the general sanitary circumstances and administration of Biggleswade rural district, and on the prevalence of diphtheria and enteric fever therein / [F. St. George Mivart]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which is now being built will be attached to the present administrative block. In a chamber forming part of the laundry block there is a small apparatus by Kelson, of Leeds, for disinfecting the clothing, &c., of patients by means of dry heat A more efficient “ disinfector ” which will be available also for the clothing and bedding, &c., of patients outside the hospital is urgently needed. From the perusal of the foregoing remarks it will be apparent that a vast amount of sanitary work is in many directions demanding the attention of the Biggleswade Rural District Council. Many of the sanitary defects noted by me do not appear to have been hitherto brought to their notice : and I do not assert that they have been altogether unmindful of their duties in supplying the wants of their district. Their first attention should, in my view, be given to the large number of overgrown villages, many of which need a scheme of sewerage as well as a proper public water supply. In conclusion, I have to express my thanks to a large number of persons resident in Biggleswade Rural District for help afforded me at various stages of my inquiry, and more particularly to Mr. T. J. Hooper, the Clerk to the District Council, as well as to Mr. Wagg, the acting Clerk, and to Dr. Prior, the Medica- Officer of Health. I am indebted to Mr. H. Heath Mills, Mr. R. C. Cater. ar,d Miss S. C. Hayter, teachers respectively at Sandy and Langford Sc^opls, for information collected and access to the school logs. I havp n.l»o to thank a number of gentlemen resident in certain of the localities yielded, who accompanied me in some of my inspections. Lastly, I have to express my indebtedness to Mr. J. Owen-Jones, the Inspector of Nuisances, for much assistance, and for the way in which he has met the demands upon his time which the necessities of so prolonged an inspection compelled me to make. F. St. GEORGE MIVART, August, 1899.