[Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Paul U.D.C.

  • Paul (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1894
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    T [2] stable-sweepings, refuse from adjoining houses, and stagnant water is constantly forming at the lower end. From time to time complaints have been made to the occupier by the Sanitary Inspector and myself, and I believe that Mr. Chirgwin has drawn the attention of the owner to this constantly recurring nuisance. The opening of the bolt intended for drainage is repeatedly choked by the accumulation of this offensive material. It requires to be kept constantly clear, and the stable should be properly drained thereinto Unavoidable stable-sweepings should be contained under cover, and the throwing of house-refuse prohibited. The present condition of the main sewer at Street-an-nowan brings into prominence the relative economies of patching an utterly inefficient and urgently dangerous outlet, or of forthwith laying the foundation of a sound and sanitary system. My attention is being constantly called by the illness of those who live or work near to the poisonous nuisance that exists, and I would repeat what I have on previous occasions urged, that no system can continue to be tolerated from the sanitary standpoint unless it provides for the laying of properly constructed drains and sewers, and for the carrying of the mains outside the harbour, limits and well out to sea. Water Supply. The supply of water continues to be satisfactory in quantity. Recent analyses have however revealed a marked difference in the purity of the water obtained from the Green Shoot, Newlyn, and in that obtained from its source. As this is marked out as one of the chief supplies to the town in your new Water-scheme, your Authority has done well to arrange for its protection at its source. The same consideration applies to the like work done at Fox’s Shoot, Mousehole. The analyses of waters from the Bellevue Shoot, Newlyn, and from Annie Johns’ and the Pedn-an-caunce Shoots at Mousehole, show that they may be reasonably relied on as proper sources of Water-supply. It is to be hoped that the Piers will be in due course freely supplied with water, so that the nuisance arising from imperfect cleansing of the surface after the necessary fish-washing, &c. may be removed. This will also allow of the proper cleansing of the above-mentioned latrines. o In the towns the advantage of the bringing down of the water to within a reasonable proximity to dwelling-houses, bake-houses, milk-shops, and the slaughter¬ house cannot be over-estimated. The insufficiently protected well at Farmer’s Meadow, Newlyn, need be no longer used by the inhabitants, and the Tolcarne Stream should finally cease to be a source of domestic supply. School Closets. At all the elementary schools at Newlyn, Mousehole and Paul, with one exception, cesspits have been entirely abolished in favour of the cleaner and more sanitary system of pail-closets. But I lately learnt, to my horror, that the contents of the pails at the Mousehole Wesleyan School are being actually cast into the drain from the recent cesspit that leads directly into the stream that run sthrough Mousehole. This must be immediately and sternly prohibited.