[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilminster U.D.C.

  • Ilminster (England). Urban District Council. nb2006013900.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilminster U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    General Provision of Health Services for the Area. The Public Health Officers of the Authority consist of a Medical Officer of Health, part time employed, G. G. G. Court, M.B.,Ch.B., D.P.H., and a Sanitary Inspector, who combines the office with that of District Surveyor to the Ilminster Urban District Council, Mr. J. K. Foster, A.R.S.I. Hospital facilities and Transport by ambulance and Home Nursing arrangements remain unaltered from my previous reports. Schools. The schools in the district have been inspected and found to be in a satisfactory Sanitary condition; the public water supply is laid on to all schools. The children are medically inspected periodically under arrangement of the County School Medical Officer. In cases of suspected or notified infectious disease among school children, the Medical Officer of Health on being informed, visits the school and examines the contacts, and also visits the homes of children who are shown by the school register to be absent from school for unknown reasons and instructions are then given as to exclusion from school if necessary. SANITARY CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Rivers and Streams. There was no gross pollution of rivers and streams in the area during the year. Report of Sanitary Inspector for year ending 31st December, 1937. Water Supply. The water supply is pure and abundant and the average yield of the springs is now 170,000 gallons oer day. There are now only 35 houses supplied by wells and 25 houses supplied by private piped supplies. Sewerage and Sewage Disposal. Only twenty-three houses are not connected to the sewers. No serious pollution of the river has occurred. A Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Scheme prepared by Messrs. Balfour & Sons, Consulting Engineers, of Westminster, is under consideration. Scavenging and House Refuse. The streets are scavenged daily, and house refuse collection undertaken twice weekly from all parts of the town in covered motor lorry. The refuse is incinerated at the Refuse Destructor. Housing. Number of houses erected during the year:- (a) 1. By Local Authority 7 2. By other Local Authorities Nil 3. By other bodies or persons 2 (b) With State Assistance under the Housing Acts: 1. By Local Authority 9 2. By other bodies or persons Nil. (3)