[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Widnes Borough.

  • Widnes (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Widnes Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STREETS AX/) SCAVENGING— The .main road in the Borough is paved with granite sets; the secondary roads and made streets with tar macadam or macadam which is tar sprayed. A tar macadam plant is associated with the defuse Destructor, and the tar macadam used on roads is obtained from this source. The majority of the unmade streets are in Farnworth South—this being the paid of the district where house-building was being carried on immediately prior to the war. The making of these streets is not strictly urgent, but there should be no further delay in making the back passages in that and in other districts where it is required. This is a matter which calls for early action, and one is hopeful that the Highway Committee will deal with it. The scavenging of streets and back passages is carried out by the Corporation workmen, under the supervision of the Highway Committee. One would appeal to the inhabitants to assist the Authority in preserving a clean condition of streets and passages by ceasing to litter the streets with paper, and the ] assages with domestic refuse. lX/TARY INSPECTION OF DISTRICT— A detailed account of the notices served requiring the abatement of nuisances is included in the report of the Inspector of Nuisances. It will be noted that the abatement of nuisances was secured without having to resort to prosecution. The chief matter of sanitary environment which requires atten¬ tion is the paving of yards. Many of the yards in the older parts of the town are paved with cobbles or other unsuitable material. The Local Authority possesses a bye-law under which they can require yards to be paved with an impervious material. Owners were notified of this when the conversions were being done, but only five received attention. In order to further promote cleanliness the satisfactory paving of yards should be insisted on. COMMON LODCLX0-110USES- AXD ROUSES LET-IN-LODGINGS- There are eight common lodging-houses and four houses Ict-in- lodgings in the Borough. They are regularly inspected, and there is no fault to be found with the wav in which they are conducted. SCHOOLS. The sanitary condition of the Schools provided by the Local Authority is satisfactory. As the School Medical Officer is also the M.O.H. there is complete co-ordination between the respective authorities with regard to pre¬ venting the spread of infectious diseases in Schools. The head teachers and attendance officers are promptly notified of all cases of infectious disease that occur. School closure was resorted to for two weeks in March owing to the prevalence of Influenza and Whooping Cough.