[Report 1961] / Sanitary Committee [- Medical Officer of Health], Cornwall County Council.

  • Cornwall (England). County Council.
Date:
1961
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    frail old people which is a completely new venture. It will be a most interesting Home to run, and should fulfil a long-felt need. It is dis- appointing, however, that the Assessment and Short-term Treatment Unit to be provided by the Regional Hospital Board and from which we should receive our residents after thorough investigation and treat- ment has not yet been commenced. It is to be hoped that this Unit will not be much longer delayed. In the Section of the Report dealing with the Sanitary Circum- stances, contributed by Mr. Saunders, are two new tables which deal with Housing and Meat Inspection, both of them the functions of District Councils and not of the County Council. The table on Meat Inspection has been made available by courtesy of the District Medical Officers of Health and Public Health Inspectors of the Local Authorities concerned, and the tables on Housing by courtesy of the 30 Local Authorities within the County. It was thought it might be interesting to the Authorities themselves to provide this information for the whole County. This Section also shows the immense amount of work being done on schemes of water supply and sewage disposal in Cornwall. 118 schemes of water supply, estimated to cost £4,582,018, had been completed or were in progress at the end of the year, and similarly. 85 schemes of sewerage and sewage disposal, estimated to cost £1,406.167. had been completed or were in progress. It is sad to have to report the death during the year of Mr. H. J. Eagleson, L.D.S., who had given us many years faithful service as a Dental Officer. He is being sadly missed. Finally, I would express my sincere appreciation of the continuing help and encouragement which I have always received from the Chair- man and Members of the Health Committee, the support of the many Voluntary Organisations which are associated with my Department, and the zeal and enthusiasm of the staff of the Health Department. I am. Your Obedient Servant, R. N. CURNOW, County Medical Officer. County Hall, Truro. Telephone Number — Truro 4282. July, 1962.