[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypool Local Board / U.D.C.

  • Pontypool (Wales). Local Board.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypool Local Board / U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The amount of sanitary work done in the past year has been in excess, as far as improvements go, of the preceeding year, especially the extension of the main sewer. The following are the details of the sanitary work completed :— Defective and untrapped w.c.’s removed New w.c. pans and traps provided New w.c.’s built Privies converted into w.c.’s Choked drains opened and cleaned Defective pipe drains Defective box drains Houses provided with guttering and down pipes... Iron liptraps substituted for earthenware gullies Slop and bath sink wasters disconnected Cases of overcrowding Houses provided with flushing cisterns Schools disinfected three times during the year Houses condemned as unlit for habitation and made fit Houses closed as unfit 15 9 3 4 33 27 19 16 50 12 7 73 3 7 1 279 The following improvements have been made or are in process of being carried out:— Fire Brigade Station and public urinal in course of erection. 320ft of 9-inch sewer constructed in Osborne-road, with the necessary inspection and cleaning chambers. 130ft of 6-inch sewer at the back of George-street. 710ft of 9-inch sewer in High-street to Labour-in- Yain. 60ft of 9-inch box sewer under houses at back of George-street removed and substituted by 6-inch pipe sewer. I should suggest to the Council the following im- provements :— 1. A public slaughter house. 2. The Market slaughter house condemned. 3. A new stationary refuse destructor. 4. An isolation hospital. 5. A fumigating apparatus. 6. A more plentiful supply of water to the houses. The following number of statutory notices were served :— Statutory notices served 39 Intimation ,, „ 87 Verbal „ „ 45 Visits and re-visits made 344 Complaints received 4 519