[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigmore R.D.C.

  • Wigmore (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigmore R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    for th3 village of ^^igmore, an Inquiry was held in fhlo April of laat year with reference to such application. The loan has been granted and tenders have been sub^ mitted to your Council, and I hope the work will be completed during 1903. WE FACTORY MIT) mEKEHOPF ACT OF 1901. Feet ion 132 of this Act is as follows:- **The Medical Officer of Health of every District ' Council shall, in his Annual Report to them, report specifically on the administration of this Act in Work¬ shops and Work-places, he shall send a copy of his Annual Report or so much of it as deals with this subject to the Fee ret ary of Ft ate'*. Within the Rural District are four Mills which are Factories, and do not come under your jurisdiction. The Workshops in the District are 19 in number. Bakehouses are separately dealt with under the Act and (unless they are f ac to ries) are to be inspected by the Fanitary Officers. There are four’* Piblic Bakehouses in the district, three situate in the village of Leintwardine and one in the village oj Wigmoy^e, they all m.eet the require- . ments of the Act vi^:- a. Cleanliness h. Air-space c. Vent Hat ion d. Drainage of floors on which wet processes are carried on. 4. Provision of suitable and sufficient sanitary conveniences. There are five FI aught er-Houses in the District. Three are situate in the village of Leintwardine, one of which requires pitching in front, one has the drain inside, and the remaining one complies with all Fanitary requirements.