[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths from measles, a ; wliooping eough, 0. A system of Smulav School exclusion is in force for the exclusion of cases of in- • « h'ctious disease and contact cases and is believed to be very elTective in })reventing the s})read of infectious disease. Kfticient control of the })revalence of tuberculosis is obtained by notification, visits by nui’se, examination of suspected cases at the 'tuberculosis Dispensary and by disinfection of all infected buildings and I’ooms where death or change of residence has taken })lace. IsoLATiox Hospital.—At Lyde lAine. Is used only for scarlet fever ])atients. Three cases admitted during the year. ATEK Supply.—A gravitation supply derived from two main sources, namely Stock- wood and Spring ]k)nd, with two auxiliary su}){)lies from Evershot tunnel and Haydon wood. Is of medium hardness and good quality for drinking purposes and is sufficient in qiiantit3L Average consumption 30 gallons per head. Drainage and Sewage Disposal.—Ha.s been reconstructed recently and a very large number of unsatisfactory house drains have been relaid. Public Scavenging.—Refuse is collected twice weekly and destroyed in the Refuse Destructor at the Sewage Works. Housing.—Houses inspected, 312 ; houses closed, 14. Shortage of Houses.—There seems to be a sufficiency of houses for the working-classes as the Council recently decided to adjourn for six months the consideration of the question of continuing the present housing scheme by the erection of a third group of 50 houses. Four cases of overcrowding dealt with. ]Milk Supply.—Dairies, cowsheds and milk purveyors on the register, 20 ; no. of cow- keepers on the register, 7 ; no. of inspections made during the year—periodically. Heat Inspections.—^No. of slaughter-houses, 9 ; licensed, 8 ; registered, 1 ; in¬ spections made—periodically. One seizAire of unsound meat. In this case lORbs. of decomposing meat was seized at a local slaughter-house and destroyed. Factories and Workshops.—No. registered, 44; bakehouses, 11 nature of outwork—gloving. outworkers, 1,384; Local GoyERNMENT Roard Inquiries.—-None. Adopted Acts.—The ado})tive Acts in force within the Borough are :—ddie Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890; the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890; })arts of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, as follows—part II, part III (except sections 39 to 42), part I\^ (except section 67), parts \', \T, \T1
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