[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham City.

  • Durham (England). City Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A total of 1 ton 5 cwts. 83 lbs. of condemned meat and offal was destroyed at the Council’s incinerator. Carcases inspected and passed were, generally, of excellent quality. Seven persons hold slaughtermen’s licences and slaughtering was carried out in a satisfactory manner. Slaughterhouse Facilities: All slaughtering in the City is carried out at one licensed slaughterhouse. The Department maintains a 100% meat inspection service and all carcases passed as fit for human consumption are stamped with the approved local authority stamp. WATER SUPPLIES. All of the houses (6,806 houses—population 24,210) within the City area are supplied from water mains direct to the houses. One sample of water from the Durham County Water Board’s supply w^as obtained for bacteriological examination and the report on this sample was satisfactory. The only complaints received as to water supplies related to the temporary unsatisfactory appearance of the water when works in connection with the mains had been in progress. It was necessary, however, to draw the attention of tenants of a small group of Council houses to the fact that the cold water supplies in the bathrooms were fed from the storage tanks and were not suitable for drinking purposes. The Durham County Water Board supplies are not subject to plumbo-solvent action. There is virtually no fluoride content. SWIMMING BATHS. Four samples of water from the large and small swimming pools were obtained for bacteriological examination. All the samples proved to be, in every respect, satisfactory. The baths, consisting of a large and small pool, are the property of the Durham City Corporation and the water is the same as that supplied by the Durham County Water Board to domestic users. The Baths Manager reports that the filtration plant main- tained a three hour turnover and that breakpoint chlorination was also maintained satisfactorily. LECTURES. Talks on public health matters were given, when requested, to interested organisations and boy scouts were examined for their Public Health Man Badge.