[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury (Union) R.D.C.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1G House Dwellings. 14 new houses have been erected in different parts of your district, 10 of which are suitable for workmen’s dwellings. The water supply to dwellings and the farms have again received attention especially water from private supplies. 73 houses in the Black Lane and Three Arrows portion of Ainsworth are now connected up to the joint sewer and 43 have now the fresh water carriage system. 65 houses have been disinfected and cleaned and sanitary improvements have been made to 55 dwellings. Dairies and Cowsheds. 115 inspections have been made and your regulations are fairly well carried out by the farmers, more care being taken by them to produce cleaner milk ; this no doubt has come about through the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, and the Dairies, Cowshed and Milkshops Order, 1885, having been put in force by you and the various Authorities in the immediate neigh- bourhood where our producers purvey their milk. You have 103 producers and 10 purveyors of milk in your various districts and sanitary improvements have been made to airspace, light, and ventilation to cowsheds. Factories and Workshops. Observations have been taken of dense black smoke emitted from mill chimneys, and attention paid to the general sanitation of the factories and workshops; defects found 19, remedied 17. These defects consist principally of unsuitable or defective accommodations, want of cleanliness, and other nuisances. The workshops are kept clean and number 17. Canal boats have been inspected and no infringements of the Regulations of the Canal Boats Acts were found. This portion of the canal is very little used now by boats (with dwellings) only 8 having been inspected out of 61 visits. Your obedient servant, HENRY HURST, Inspector.