[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, St Austell U.D.C.

  • St. Austell (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, St Austell U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The site for the Uriiml has been sanctioned by the Freeliolder and steps are now being taken for erecting same. The old Byelaws have been done away with and new ones sanctioned. I hope they will be strictly adhered to, and so prevent houses being erected without sufficient air space, and the streets im|)roved and widened if possible, and pigcreries done away with. Several of the latter have been moved durino; the vear, but there are some others that should follow. At present, there is only one Slaughter House in the District; it is in a crowded neighbourhood, but has been kept clean. There is only one registered Lodging House in the District; but I fear there are persons who take m lodgers who are not registered. They evade the law by saying they have a refreshment licence. The Bakehouses have been visited and found clean. Several privies have been converted into water closets, and, whei-e practicable, cesspits have been done away with. The Dairies and Cowsheds have been inspected and reported on and very few found satisfactory. On iuspection of Mr. Jury’s premises at the Moors, finding the drinking water was obtained from a deep well, and the surroundings not appearing satisfactory, a sample of the water was taken for analysis, but it proved to be pure and wholesome. During the present year I will call the attention of the Council to the want of an Isolation Hospital. A few cases at the commencement of the outbreak of Scarlet Fever taken to such a place probably would be the better way of checking the spread of the disease, and also saving of cost to the ratepayers. I will also call vour attention to the drains from court wavs, where there is */ / property belonging to different owners connected with the main sewer. I append the Birth and Death Rate. A^ear. Birth Rate. Death Rate. 1880 33. 1 22.0 1881 26. 5 18.1 1882 27. 3 25.9 1883 26. 2 24.8 1884 30. 9 18.7 1885 27.07 27.3 1886 24. 2 23.4 1887 25. 1 25.9 1888 22. 8 18.4 1889 23. 4 15.6 1890 19. 2 23.7 1891 25. 3 22.1 1892 23. 8 20.1 1893 26. 7 23.8 1894 28. 6 20.1 1895 25.02 18.9 1890 23. 8 16.6 1897 22. 1 16.6