[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Salisbury U.D.C.

  • Salisbury (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Salisbury U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with, and action taken. In 3 cases a Preservative found in Cream not sold as Preserved Cream. No action taken. 3. Thickening substances. Any evidence of their addition to Cream or to Preserved Cream. Action taken where found. None found. 4. Other observations, if any. Samples had been taken “ informally ” in cases where the Regulations had been contravened. Your Sanitary Inspector reports:— “ Housing.—Extract from the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 (September 2nd). “ Article Y.—The Medical Officer of Health shall include in his annual report infor- “ mation and particulars in tabular form in regard to— “ The number of dwelling-houses inspected under and for the purposes “ of Section 17 of the Act of 1909 .. .. • • • • ^69 “ The number of dwelling-houses which on inspection were considered “ to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit “ for human habitation .. • • • • • • . • • y “ The number of representations made to the Local Authority with a “ view to the making of Closing Orders .. .. • • ~ “ The number of Closing Orders made .. • • • • • • * “ The number of dwelling-houses the defects in which were remedied “ without the making of Closing Orders “ The number of dwelling-houses which after the making of Closing “ Orders were put into a fit state for human habitation .. 0 The general character of the defects found to exist were defective roofs, walls, windows, floors, faulty gutters and drains, and want of cleanliness. A part of the poorer population of the District live in houses in courts ; this class of property is let at a low rental and so readily finds tenants. The rest of the working class live in ordinary cottage property of four to six-roomed houses ; the sanitary condition is as a ru^e good. There are open spaces around all this class of property, and no back to back houses exist, except in case of some of the courts above mentioned. New houses are erected unc er supervision and no new house is inhabited without a Certificate from the City Surveyor. 1 he number of new houses certified in 1913 was 25. “ A very large number of gas cockers are in use in the District. Owing to the fact that in most instances these cookers are installed in the houses without proper means of ventilation being provided, representations were made to the Gas Company who supply most of them in the District. The result of these representations has been that the Company are willing to fix the cookers with a flue to the oven and a hood oyer the grid, both connected up with ‘ the outer air ’ on request. It would be more satisfactory if they were thus fixed as a routine practice, as tenants are not likely to ask for this to be done, and t ey o not realise how extremely harmful vitiation by products of combustion of gas of the air they breathe is to their health.” The above appeared in Report for 1912. Little improvement has been made in this matter. Your Sanitary Inspector reports:— Workshops, Workplaces, &c. For statement see Table set out as required. “ Factories and Workshops.—The usual register is kept, and 248 premises are “ entered therein, which number includes the Bakehouses and Restaurant Kitchens. 35b “ inspections were made of these premises. In a few instances workshops were either closed, “ or converted into factories, or the occupiers discontinued the employment of hands m “ same. 11 notices for the abatement of nuisances were served. The defects found were “ want of cleanliness, 5 ; insufficient sanitary accommodation, 2 ; other nuisances, 4. “ Outworkers.—During the year 41 lists were received with the names of 114 outworkers. “ 43 inspections of the rooms where home work was carried on were made as also a general “ inspection of the premises and particulars recorded under the Housing, Town Planning &c. “Act 1909, and in accordance with the Factory and Workshop Act 1901. (C) Sanitary Administration of the District. “ 1. Staff.—One whole-time Sanitary Inspector. “ Work of Sanitary Inspector. “ Total number of Inspections “ Number of notices served (informal) “ „ „ „ (statutory) “ Complaints investigated “ Overcrowding abated • • “ Houses adapted for through ventilation “ Houses cleansed, repaired, &c. .-. 8030 98 0 66 8 3 96