[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Kidderminster Borough.

  • Kidderminster (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Kidderminster Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RECORD OF SALVAGE DURING THE FOUR YEARS—1940 TO 1943. Tons. Waste Paper 2511 Heavy and Light Iron and Steel Turnings 850 Baled Crushed Tins 1780 Bones 150 Gullet (Broken Glass) ... 550 Rags and Sacking . ... 250 Non-Ferrous Metals and Rubber 100 Commenced November 1940—Kitchen Waste 900 Bottles and Jars. (In Number 290,000) ..... 45 Total Weight of Salvage ... 7151 VALUE OF SALVAGE £26,665 COLLECTION OF DOMESTIC AND TRADE REFUSE. Total No. of loads of Refuse, Night Soil, etc. removed (all vehicles) 5182 Dry Ashpits emptied 1 Night Work. Closet Pans emptied 3874 Privies and Middens emptied 9 Cesspools emptied 17 Loads of Night Soil removed ..... 126 Disposal of Household Ashes. Tipped at Broad waters 1977 Tipped at Puxton 1937 Tipped at Hoobrook ... 1268 Total 5182 Canal Boat Inspection. During the year frequent visits have been made to the Canal and Wharves, and inspections made in accordance with the Public Health Act, 1936 (Part X) Canal Boats, and the Canal Boat Regulations, 1878. From observations made, numerous canal boats which ply on the Canal are used for sleeping purposes by the two men in charge of each boat, for two or three nights each week. The boats are not registered as dwellings in accordance with Section 250 of the Public Health Act, 1936 and the Canal Boat Regulations of 1878. (No new regulations have yet been issued as empowered by Section 251 of the Public Health- Act, 1936). The position would be clarified if a legal definition of a dwelling was in evidence and I trust that the expression dwelling will be defined in the new regulations. The following figures are a synopsis of the year’s work :— Total boats on register in the Borough ... ... 1 Number of boats believed to be in use or available ... 1 Number of inspections ... ... ... ... ... 2
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