Dr. W.W.E. Fletcher's report to the Local Government Board upon the sanitary circumstances and administration of the East Stow Rural District.
- Fletcher, Wilfred W. E.
- Date:
- 1912
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Dr. W.W.E. Fletcher's report to the Local Government Board upon the sanitary circumstances and administration of the East Stow Rural District. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![B.—Sanitary Administration. The Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Sidney Hi]Her, M.D., C.M.Ed., lias lield the office for a short time only, having' been appointed in August, 1911. He receives a salary at the rate of £60 a year, half of which is repaid by the East Suffolk county council. He also holds office as medical officer of health of the Stowmarket urban and Thedwastre rural districts, as medical officer of the workhouse, and as a district medical officer and • public vaccinator in the Stow Union, and he is engaged in private practice. He resides at Stowmarket. Inspector of Nuisances.—The acting inspector of nuisances for the time being is Mr. Gordon Harrison. He receives remunera- tion at the rate of £50 a year, half of which has been repaid liitherto out of county funds. He also holds office as surveyor of highways (91^ miles) and as surve^mr under the Public Health Act, 1875, and for the performance of the duties of those offices he receives a combined salarv of £155 a vear. He does not hold any certificate from the Poyal Sanitary Institute, or from any similar body. Mr. Harrison was in the habit of acting as inspec- tor of nuisances during frequent absences from duty, on account of illness, of the late inspector, who died in August, 1911, a-nd he has practically had sole charge of the district in this capacity during the past fifteen months; so that he has had considerable experience of the duties he is required to perform, and he has an intimate knowledge of the whole district. Under the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act, 1909, a large amount of work has been done, and up to the end of last year a preliminary inspection of the following villages had been completed, viz., Buxhall, Combs, Greeting St. Peter, Einborough, Gipping, Harleston, Haugliley, Shetland, and Wetherden. I found Mr. Harrison active and intelligent, and he appeared to me to have a good general knowledge of the duties which he is called upon to perform; he has already been the means of securing the execution of a large amount of useful work, and much more work of a similar character is now’ in hand. The Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, Part 111., is in force in the district. Regulations under the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milhshojjs Orders have been adopted, and came into force in the district on October 1st, 1907. (It may be well to state in this place that the district council’s duties with respect to cowsheds are not limited to those cow^sheds w’hich are in the occupation of cowdveepers and purveyors of milk wlio are registered, but extend to those occupied by “ any person following the trade of cowkeeper or dairyman,” and therefore, to such as carry on the trade of cowkeeper for the manufacture of clieese or butter, or tor otlier purposes. This fact is by no means generally recognised. See Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order, 1885, Article 8.) 15 25397](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28143188_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
