[Report 1892] / Medical Officer of Health, Bristol.

  • Bristol (England). Council.
Date:
1892
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Credit: [Report 1892] / Medical Officer of Health, Bristol. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1. —That every house has a good water supply. 2. —That the water closets attached to the houses are in good order; have, with one exception, been recently reconstructed, and are all outside the houses. 3. —That the drainage of the houses is in order. 4. —That the roofs of the houses are in order. 5. —That not one of the houses is back to back. 6. —That the paving of the courts of the houses is for the most part in order. 7. —That the re-visiting of this district commenced in October, so that the abatement of any nuisances was proceeding at the time of the complaint. 8. —That the houses are free from “Fever,” and that the district altogether is very remarkably exempt from “ Fever,” and has been so for a considerable time. 9. —That in only one instance was an accumulation con- stituting a nuisance found on premises. 10. —That the only conditions found consisted in occasional overcrowding, much over-stated in several instances, owing to hurried measurement; and dirty rooms in three instances. 11. —That there is no evidence of neglect, of the prevalence of insanitary conditions, or of danger to health. In regard to the whole district, of some 5,000 inhabitants, the report showed inter alia :— A complete absence of Enteric Fever arising in the district during the year, and one imported case, which proved sterile. A complete absence of Typhus Fever, also absent from the whole City.