[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackburn R.D.C.

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

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    The following work has been carried out during the year— To 1 e-pave cowshed floors 3 To remove drains outside the cowshed 6 To limewash cowsheds 11 Cowsheds to cleanse 5 New iliains to cowsheds provided 3 Stable drains removed from inside to outside 1 New manure tanks provided 2 Fai’mhouse re-drained 1 Liquid from manure flowing over highway 6 Additional lighting to cowshed 2 Dirty utensils to cleanse 3 To raise ceiling of cowshed.. 1 Storing manure in cowshed 1 To cleanse yard surfaces 4 To empty manure stead 12 To empty manure tanks 11 To repair yard surfaces 2 Additional lighting and ventilation to stable 3 Pigsty to cleanse 2 Stables re-paved 1 Additional lighting to stables 1 As soon as information is received with respect to cattle suffering from Tuberculosis under the Tuberculosis Order of 1913, the premises are visited immediately and enquiries made as to the precautions adopted to prevent the spread of the disease, also instructions are given as to the disposal of milk from animals so suffering in accordance with the requirements of the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops’ Order Housing and Town Planning, &c.. Act, 1909. During the year a great amount of time has been devoted to making inspections of houses under the Housing and Town Planning, &c.. Act. No fewer than 220 houses were inspected under the above-named Act, and the nuisances discovered were of a varied nature, and in most cases tending to structural defects. Nature of Defects Remedied under the Housing and Town Planning, &c.. Act. Defective chimney stacks to repair 23 To cover ashpits 7 To provide ashes receptacles—ash-bins provided 16 To re-drain premises and connect to sewer 4 To render living room walls dry 1 Privies converted to water-closets 4 Privies converted to pail closets 5 Defective bedroom floor 1 Windows made to open 8 Defective slop pipes 6 Ashpits abolished—ashbins provided 26 Additional lighting to kitchen 1 Defective rain-water pipes. 6 Defective ceiling 1 Defective plaster on gable end 2 To cement round gulley top 1 To whitewash walls and ceilings 2 Defective easing troughs to repair 6 To repair flagging around gulley top 1 Long hopper closets abolished—wash-down type substituted 4 To provide flushing cisterns 4