[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Newton Abbot R.D.C., Newton Abbot U.D.C., Dawlish U.D.C.

  • Newton Abbot (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Newton Abbot R.D.C., Newton Abbot U.D.C., Dawlish U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    H°m th^ C6ntre of the town- adjoin- mfin marl1 rS HosPltal- and is accessible by two mam roads m different directions. litfl D opinion the site is an excellent one, and a tie subsoil drainage m one corner of the held which is a some elevation, alone was necessary A * fairlv and trial pits sunk at various points gave verv favour able indications. The only dwellings in the vicinity are those of the Isolation Hospital, and two Cottages also belonging to that Committee, and other building opera- tions are not at all probable; moreover there is an ad- availablehrf fCO,ntainm& about three and a half acres available for future extensions, though the present pro¬ vision should suffice for the next generation P ans for laying out the grounds, together with a preparedChvtther<f Iodge’ a,d necessary offices, were p epared by the Surveyor and adopted by the Council; a Local Government Board Enquiry was held in the summer, and a loan for r3,5oo granted m order to calry out the work, which has now commenced. y SCHOOL SANITATION.—The proposed new menc°ed and6 tlDeC°y DlStnct has not yet been com- menced, and the present overtaxed condition of the schools in the Wolborough parish remains in statu quo. bv the Fd i S ,In anf Schoo] has been condemned eb f Educatlonal Authorities—to take effect at the d«.„« “SlPIKbeySLfary. ,0r'her +i £“ >thc uWeek Slde> the recent enlargement of Boys School has provided ample accommodation for some tune t0 C(^me’ but there are indications that the a tendance at the Girls’ School will soon reach the statutory limit. All have the public water supply for drinking and flushing purposes. s School Medical Officer examined about one- third of the children attending the elementary schools during the year, with the following results:—Of 630 (325 boys and 314 girls) examined, no less than 442 (106 oys and 246 girls) were pronounced defective—69 per cent.; it will be seen that the proportion of healthy chil- dren was much greater among the boys. Diseased heads, which is largely a matter of personal cleanliness was reported in 192 instances; out of this number 167 were credited to girls, but only 25 to boys, the long hair of the former being both more trouble to keep clean, and
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