[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Earsdon (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) U.D.C.

  • Earsdon (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Earsdon (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SEWERAGE, The Irrigation Ground at Earsdon is in fairly good order, but owing to the large increase of population it is receiving rather more liquid sewage than it should do, which is apt to make the land sodden, and incapable of proper filtration. The Irrigation ground at Holywell is in better condition and doing its work more effectively. DAIRIES AND COWSHEDS. These I have regularly examined in company with your Sanitary Inspector, and found most of them in fairly good order. Some of them were deficient in cubic space and provision for ventilation, and required whitewashing. SCAVENGING. Great difficulty is still experienced in getting the privies and ashpits properly attended to. In some parts of the district they have been so bad as to be a constant source of danger to the health of the public. Several new houses have been erected in the Earsdon Town- ship during the year, which have all the necessary sanitary arrangements. ISOLATION HOSPITAL. As I have often pointed out in my monthly reports, isolation is imposible in a colliery district, where many of their houses contain only one or two rooms, and that the only way to prevent the spread of infectious disease is to provide an Isolation Hospital. I am glad that your Council are now providing such an Hospital, which is approaching completion. The Hospital which is being built of corrugated iron has accommodation for twelve beds, and is being fitted with all the necessaay requirements. I am, Gentlemen, Yours obediently, TAYLOR DIXON, Medical Officer of Health.