[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Seghill U.D.C.

  • Seghill (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Seghill U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milk Shops. There are six milk sellers registered, as in the previous year. Three of these have their premises within the district—a Co-operative farm, and two cowkeepers—they each retail their own produce ; the others, two of whom buy wholesale, and a farmer, who produces his own, retail within the district. Only one milk seller uses an hygenic type of bottle with a close fitting cap. The delivery of milk by this method is a great advance upon the old system, and it would confer a benefit upon the public if the method was more generally adopted. No certified or graded milk, as provided by the Milk and Dairies Amendment Act, 1922, is sold within the distrtct. Water Supply. The whole of the district is served with a good water supply. It is supplied by the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company by meter, and it is pleasing to record that, despite the very dry weather during the early part of the summer, the supply was well maintained. Scavenging. All the scavenging in the area is done by contract, and the work has been carried out quite satisfactorily. Sewerage and Sewage Disposal. i here are two sewage disposal plants in the district, and the lower one is not satisfactory. The question of enlarging the works to rope with the extra sewage has been occupying the minds of the Council for some time. The manholes in the main sewer have been periodically examined. The main is kept efficiently cleansed through the automatic flushing. Disinfection. Several houses were disinfected after the patients were removed to hospital. Smallpox making its appearance in the early part of the year, prompt precautions were necessary and were taken. After the infected persons were removed, the houses were temporarily vacated. The families removed to other premises. The houses were thoroughly fumigated after stripping walls, and the bedding was treated at the steam disinfector.