[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilminster U.D.C.

Ilminster (England). Urban District Council. nb2006013900.

Date:: 1906

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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilminster U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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was igi. Rain, besides its value in replenishing wells and water-courses has a very decided power of bringing down suspended atmospheric impurities and so cleansing the atmos- phere. For the figures I am indebted to Mr. Beckwith, of Laurel Bank. GENERAL SANITATION. There has been a steady improvement in the general sanitation of the district. Frequent inspections are made, all complaints thoroughly investigated and nuisances remedied as soon as possible. There is still a steady increase of new houses. 'I'he various Rates and varieties of diseases as shown in the Tables speak for themselves. I am, gentlemen, Yours faithfully, W. H. MAIDLOW, m.d., f.r.c.s., (Medical Officer of Health.) Ilminster, January, 1907.