[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Norham & Islandshires R.D.C.

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

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    repairs have also been carried out at Morris Hall, Grievestead, and other places. Under the policy which the Council have adopted of recommending the treatment of the sewage, where new sewage systems are installed, matters in this direction are gradually improving. Privies and ash-pits are general throughout the district, and where the farmers undertake the removal of refuse, the arrange¬ ments work satisfactorily. The ashpits and privies have been repaired at South Berrington and New Haggerston. At Shores- wood Hall new ashpits and privies have been erected, also at Twizel Red House and Oxendean. There are no scavenging ar¬ rangements in force in the district. Housing. Plans of all new buildings, etc., passed by the Council during the year are enumerated in the Inspector’s Report, and as will be noted only tw7o new houses have been erected during the year, but in my opinion the housing accommodation at present is quite suffi¬ cient for the needs of the district. Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910. Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909. Inspections have been made in several parts of the district. 1 append table required under the above Regulations, giving number of inspections made, and notices issued, etc. In the three cases referred to the conditions were such that the owners elected to close the houses rather than carry out the extensive improve¬ ments required to make same habitable. As previously reported to the Council, the state of the dwell¬ ing houses in the district is fairly good, dampness being the worst feature, which is difficult to remedy, especially in the older houses. Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops. One Cowkeeper has been added to the Register, making the total 35. All these premises have been regularly inspected, and found to be in good order. Factories and Workshops. The number on the register is 33—4 factories, 2 bakehouses, and the remainder workshops, Inspections have been made from time to time, and with the exception of lime-washing required in 2 cases, there wras no necessity to report any contravention of the regulations. None of these workshops are underground. Miscellaneous. There has been no necessity during the year to make use of the Isolation Hospital at Scremerston. No sanatorium or hospital accommodation is provided in the district. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, JOHN PAXTON, Medical Officer of Health. Nor ham, 10th March, 1914_