[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough.

  • Stourbridge (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Eighty-eight visits were made during the year. Several defects and rooms requiring limewashing were met with but most defects were remedied without Notice. One Notice was received from H.M. Inspector of Factories in December, respecting insufficient Sanitary Conveniences at a Factory. The attention of the Owners was called to this matter. OUTWORKERS. 28 lists were received containing the names of 51 Outworkers, 25 of whom resided outside the Borough. The names of 3 Outworkers residing in the Borough were received from other districts. Visits paid to Outworkers premises are included under Workshops. COMMON LODGING HOUSES. There are 2 Common Lodging Houses. The following are the returns of the number of lodgers. (The figures represent the number of times the beds were occupied). Adult Lodgers. Lodgers above 10 and under 21. Lodgers under 10 years of age. Total. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. sw 238 15 7 19 2 6195 HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS. At the end of the year there were two houses on the Register. There are seven rooms occupied by two families of seven persons at one place. The other place, with six rooms, was registered during the year and was originally occupied by three families, but subsequently by only two families of six persons. At both these places there were defects and Notices were sent. SLAUGHTER HOUSES. There are 14 Slaughterhouses in the original Stourbridge Area, each being subject to annual licence. Eight licences relating to six of the slaughterhouses are subject to an undertaking that claim for compensation will not be made if the renewal of the licence is refused should the Town Council erect a Public Abattoir. A joint occupier of one of them ceased to use the slaughterhouse during the year. There are 13 Slaughterhouses in the Lye area, one being subject to an annual licence and the compensation clause. As regards the other 12, there is no definite information as to when or how they were licensed. The total number of visits made during the year was 2,725.