[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Farnham U.D.C.
- Farnham (Surrey, England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1913
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Farnham U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![other places where food is deposited or prepared for sale, witli a view to securin^-cleaidiiiess of the premises, benches, machines, instruments, and utensils used in the prepara- tion of food. In two cases I have had occasion to condemn sausage-making macliines on account of their age and uncleansableness. In three erases premises were cleansed at my recpiest. (lenerally, these places are now ke[)t in fair order, and the food therein in a fresh, wholesome state. Cowsheds and Dairies.—I luive from time to time visited these during milking times, and endeavoured to impress upon the milkers the need of cleanliness in milking and in handling the milk, and also the importance of clean vessels and storage for milk and milk vessels, and also of washing the teats and udders of the cows before milking, and also the washing of iiands before and during milking. I have been able to get some improvements along these lines, but much more needs to be done to keep the cows clean. In one case I was able to persuade the cowkeeper to ])rovide clean white overalls for the milkers to wear during milking, which is a good thing, as they are, generally, ordinary farm hands, whose clothes are often much soiled with manure and dirt. SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL. The sewers in the district are regularly flushed and have given very little ti’ouble, except in cases where they have been proved to have been interrupted by misuse, i.e., by solids wrongfully put into them. There have only been two short extensions—one at the rear of Beaver’s Yard and the other from Beaver’s Villas to Beaver’s Kilns. STORM OVERFLOW AT PUMPING STATION. The Council were asked by the Thames Conservancy to close a storm-overflow at their Sewage Pumping Station at Guildford Road. This overflow seldom came into operation, and there was no great difficulty in closing the same, which the Council did, after pointing out that the said overflow had been in exist- ence for about twenty years without any serious pollution of the streams or watercourses in the district. The Council have now provided storm-water Alters on land purchased for sewage treatment near the Pumping Station, and little trouble has, so far, I)een experienced in getting rid of storm-water or excessive flow of sewage occasioned by rain falling in the district. The Sewage Farm having been the subject of some very adverse criticism during the early part of the year, I was requested to make a special examination of, and report on it. I did so, and reported on March Ilth, 1913, and this report has](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29202693_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
