[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough.

  • Chesterfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    child by hand is a hazardous experiment, not to be lightly undertaken by those who have any regard for human life, and an experiment that can only be justified when more natural means are not available and when the most scrupulous care is taken in the preparation of the substituted food. The Infant Life Protection Society is concerned in dissemina- ting information on these points, and I would therefore ask the Com- mittee to give them a substantial subsidy. Within the last few months the Corporation of Birmingham has undertaken similar work which is to be wholly paid for out of the rates. Water Supply.—Thorough inspection of the mains and house services resulted in the discovery of innumerable leaks and of specimens of the plumbers’ art, which are a disgrace to the trade concerned. The necessary repairs and renewals were at once effected, with the satisfactory result that the daily consumption through the Gas and Water Board’s district has been reduced from over a million gallons per diem to less than three quarters of a million gallons. Some additional water has also been obtained from bore holes situated below the upper reservoir. No attempt has yet been made to filter the water, nor would it seem that the Board have yet decided what gathering ground they will resort to when the water they have been able to save is exhausted by a growing population and by greater municipal clean liness The well off the Sheffield road, which supplied some 54 houses near Wharf lane, was found to be subject to pollution. The owners were notified of the fact, and substituted the public supply. Factory and Workshops Act.—No new workshops have been placed on the register. Housing of the Working Classes.—Eighteen houses were