Medical report / British Honduras.

  • British Honduras. Medical Department
Date:
[1935]
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: Medical report / British Honduras. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Inspections. 1st 2nd. 3rd. Year’s Av’ge In vats and tanks. .14.86 24.85 14.11 17.94 In vases in houses . .0.12 0.08 0.09 0.10 In barrels . .28.96 32.45 24.44 28.85 In wells . .4.37 20.91 9.79 12.00 In other receptacles. .4.86 9.46 7.91 7.71 Owing to limitation of funds, the work performed in this direction is inadequate. Anti-mosquito work is of paramount importance owing to the swampy lands and marshes within the town limits, which really necessitates a full time staff in this direction. During the year, 1,720 vats and tanks were fished and refished by the Sanitary In¬ spectors for the destruction of mosquito larvae. Fifty-one notices for screening of vats and tanks were served and forty-eight com¬ plied with. No prosecution was made in this respect during the year. Twenty-eight notices were served and complied with in respect of wells during the year. Seventeen have been filled in, 55 fitted with mosquito proof covers and pumps, and 88 were kept with larvivorous fish by individual owners. Three thousand, one hundred and twenty-three barrels were inspected, and 901 were found with mosquito larvae during the year. These are all oiled and house-holders warned against keeping water in open barrels, and only in cases of persistent neglect is a prose¬ cution made. No prosecution was made for breaches of the mosquito regulations during the year. Oiling Stagnant Pools: —The Sanitary Inspectors have been occupied for thirty days oiling stagnant pools and drains in the town for the destructeion of mosquito larvae. Erection of New Vats: No notices in respect to erection of new vats were served during the year. Repairs of Vats:—Two hundred and forty-nine notices were served in respect to repairs to vats. One hundred and sixty-one were complied with. No prosecutions were made by the Local Authority in this respect. Cutting and Clearing of Bush: —Five hundred and thirty-one notices were served in this respect and 505 have been complied with. Fourteen lots were cleared by prison labour and 33 by the Local Authority, and the expenses incurred charged to Private Improvement Expenses. Eleven prosecutions were made by the Local Authority in this respect. One conviction was obtained and a fine of $3.00 imposed. The others were after¬ wards withdrawn, owing to the notices having been complied with before the date of hearing. Extensive work was done by the Local Authority during the year in trying to keep the streets and drains free from grass and bush. A solution has not yet been found to the problem of destroying these lu-xuriant growths. Low-lying Lots:—No notices were served in this respect during the year, but con¬ siderable filling has been done in various sections of the town from spoil supplied by the Government, free of charge. Drainage:—The town is still in great necessity of a proper drainage system. Most of the drains are earth drains which are easily silted, and badly graded, and are utterly inefficient.
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