Twenty-fourth annual report of the Local Government Board, 1894-95. Supplement in continuation of the Report of the Medical Officer for 1894-95, on oyster culture in relation to disease.

Date:
1896
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Twenty-fourth annual report of the Local Government Board, 1894-95. Supplement in continuation of the Report of the Medical Officer for 1894-95, on oyster culture in relation to disease. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C.—Cholera. Precautions. 1. General Arrangements or Preparation made in Anticipation of Cholera. In anticipation of cholera in 1893 the colliery owners agreed to find two cottages for isolation purposes should occasion arise, and it is under- stood that this arrangement still holds good. Speci/il activity in matters of scavenging, sewer-flushing, &c. carried out during the hot seasons of 1892 and 1893, and all middens at Ryhope and New Silkswortli were treated with lime. These measures will be ao-aia adopted in 1894. ^ 2. Special arrangements made for Action in Emergency, I^Tone. Memoranda and Dates of Conferences. With uihom'? Copy of written advice left loith Sanitary Authority.—Conference with view to acquisition of preliminary information as to condition of district hehl on April 18th, 1894, with the Chairman, Clerk, and Inspector of Nuisances to the Rural Authority. No advice was then given. The Medical Officer of Health was away at the time of this Conference. T. W. Thompson, June 13th, 1894. Inspector. Report op Final Conference. Dfl^e.—June 20th, 1894. With rvhom ?—Present .-—Messrs. Osbourne (Vice-Chairman), Bell, P. Featherstone, C. E. Thompson, and Col. Briggs, members of the Rural A uthority ; also the Clerk and Medical Officer of Health, Advice given.—Having referred to the recent history of cholera, and explained the objects and mode of procedure of the Survey, I read the following I'ecommendations :— Sunderland Rural Sanitary District. Memorandum of Recommendations made to the Sunderland Rural Authority as regards measures to be taken with a view to the prevention of cholera and other epidemic diseases. A. General Duties under the Public Health Acts. 1. Insanitary Droellings. The Sanitary Authority should cause all dwellings, which, from dampness, defective ventilation, dilapidation, or other structural defect are unfit for habitation, to be placed in proper repair or permanently closed. 2. Excrement and Refuse DisjJosal and Removal. The Sanitary Authority should take measures for the abolition of all privies and middens which, owing either to position or construction are productive of nuisance, and the provision in lieu thereof of suitably