[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Cleethorpes U.D.C.

  • Cleethorpes (Lincolnshire, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Cleethorpes U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Schools. There are five public elementary schools within the district. Four of these are Council schools, and the other is under the juris- diction of the Church of England. The Medical Inspection of the children in all the schools mentioned is under the superintendence of the County Medical Officer of Health. These schools are in good sanitary condition, with the excep- tion of certain faults in Barcroft Street School and St. Peter's Schools, three of them being equipped with modern methods of ventilation and sanitation. In the case of the two mentioned improvements are desired. The^^ obtain their water supply from the Grimsby Waterworks Company, and have the water carriage system of latrines. These schools are provided with spacious, open playgrounds, which are asphalted and dry up quickly after rain. All cases of infectious disease occurring in school children are notified to the School Authorities, and those affected are not per- mitted to return to school until pronounced free from infection, or until a certain period of time has elapsed. In the case of Diphtheria the child' is not permitted to resume attendance before a Bacteriological examination shows freedom from infection. In the case of non-notihable infectious or contagious disease the Head Teacher of the School notifies the occurrence to the School Authorities, and the child is not permitted to return to School until free from infection. The Medical Officer of Health for the district is notified by the County Medical Officer of Health of all infectious or contagious diseases occurring in school children. In the case of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Measles, Whooping Cough, Influenza, and other infectious diseases likely to be spread by contacts, children residing in the infected house are excluded from attendance at school for a variable period. Milk. The supply of milk is derived from dairies within the district as well as from neighbouring farms outside. 15 purveyors of milk reside within the district, and 11 outside. The Council have decided to issue an advertisement that all purveyors of milk must be registered. The conditions of the cowsheds and of the premises of milk purveyors have been frequently inspected, as a result of which three breaches have been rectified on receipt of informal notices. No action has been required on account of adulterated or impure milk, and no case of Tuberculous infection has been dis- covered. The water supply of all the premises within the area of the town’s supply is derived from the Grimsby Waterworks Company.