[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Thirsk R.D.C.

  • Thirsk (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Thirsk R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Annual Report of the Sanitary Inspector for the year 1940. Mr. P. Metcalfe, M.S.I.A., C.R.San.I., (Sanitary Inspector and Surveyor and Certified Meat Inspector). Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg to present my report for the year 1940. The main happenings of the year were damage to property by enemy action and the commencement of a Salvage Scheme for the whole of the area, both items causing increased duties. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.. Water. There w ere no extensions of the Council’s mains during the year.. Supplies were afforded to Military Camps where required. During the year 42 inspections were•made of water supplies, a nd 24 samples of water were submitted for examina¬ tion. No adverse analyse s' v/ere found of the Council’s wa. ter supplies. Drainage and Sewera ge. The only extension made during the year was the laying of an overflow drain to abate nuisa nee from a sewage tank near residential property. The sewage tanks and ditches which serve most of the villages had there customary cleaning out so as to prevent nuisance and any fouling of streams so far as possible. Public Cleansing. Refuse Collection and Disposal. The Council undertake the collection, removal and disposal of house refuse including the meptying of cess-pools in the two principal parishes and this work is carried out by direct labour. There are about 500 pail closets in Thirsk and Sowerby which are e mptied weekly and the contents disposed of on agricultural land for manorial purposes. The contents of Cess¬ pools (emptied bi-annually) are similarly disposed of. The Scavenging also includes the sweeping up after the weekly market, SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE ARSA. Total inspections made during the year. 440 Total re-inspections. 227 Inspection of houses (Public and Housing Acts) Health. 14 Inspections of slaughterhouses (Butchers and other Food Premises). 40 Inspections re emergency slaughterings on farms and other premises. Farms and Dairy premises (Milk and Da iries Order) 15 Factories • 1 Visits re Petroleum Acts. 2 Inspections of water supplies 42 Inspection of New Buildings in course of erection, and Council’s building byelaws;. 21 Inspection cf Council Houses. 71 Inspection of moMeable dwellings. 2 Inspection of Drains, sewers and sewa ge. 39 Visits re Scavenging. 32 Visits re overcrowding. 4 Visits re Trade refuse. 20 Inspection of schools. 2 Inspection re infectious d iseases. 14 -4-