[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Bacup Borough.
- Bacup (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1914
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Bacup Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![done by Mr. Barnes, who has been a most alert and energetic official. Disinfection.—This work has been carried out free of expense where infectious diseases have occurred in the homes. The infected houses are visited by the Sanitary Inspector, who disinfects room, or rooms, by means of Sulphur Dioxide or Formalin. The bedding, wearing apparel, etc., are removed to the Disinfecting Station and there treated with Steam under pressure and returned to the home free of cost. During the year all the Day Schools have been disinfected by Formalin Spray, also Sanitary Saw-dust and liquid disinfectants have been supplied. Attached to the Disinfecting Station is a Cleansing Station for School Children, there being a bath-room and waiting rooms. Under the Children’s Act, 1908, I have found this place very useful, though it has not been necessary to use it so much recently. Common Lodging Houses.—There are 4 Common Lodging Houses accommodating 181 lodgers, viz. :— Princess Street 72, Door Stones 61, Hare and Hounds 24, Laycock’s 24. A High-class Model Lodging House is a desideratum for better class working-men who are prepared to pay for better accommodation. The Report of the Chief Constable] will be found annexed to my Report. Cellar Dwellings.—On account of the natural configuration of the district we still have several base- ment houses back to the land, but there are now no houses occupied as dwellings in the Borough which come within Sub-Section 7 of Section 17 of the Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909. Offensive Trades.—There are 5 offensive trades, viz.:](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28898631_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
