[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council.

  • Cheshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Wirral Rural District. Laboratory Work.—Nine examinations were made for diphtheria. Twenty-five examinations were made for tubercle bacilli. Issue of diphtheria antitoxin, none. Other sera or vaccines, no issue. Sewerage.—Sewers and water mains have been extended in consequence of building’ operations in the area. The principal sewer extensions were :— Frankby, 880 yards. Prenton, 250 yards. Noctorum, 1,320 yards. Moreton, 650 yards. Willaston, 376 yards. Gayton, 75 yards. Water Supply.—The principal extensions of water mains were, 1,125 yards in Moreton and 450 yards in Irby. Housing.—Number of new houses erected during the year : (a) Total (146 received the subsidy)—149. (b) As part of a Munici])al Housing Scheme—Nil, Inspection. Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts)—4,270. Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recor<led under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910—104. Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous oi‘ injurious to health as to l)e unfit for human habitat i on—N i 1. Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those I'eferred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all I’espects reasonably fit for human habitation—9. Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in con- sequence of informal action by the Local Authority or thei r Officers—15. No proceedings were taken under Section 28 of the Hous- ing. Town Planning, Ac., Act, 1919,