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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![io ]So veterinary surgeon lias been appointed to examine suspected coAVs, nor has the medical officer of health been authorised to call in advice in doubtful cases. There has been no bacteriological examination of milk. Bjfelaws.—There are no byelaws in force in the district. Food inspection, ^‘c.—No action is taken by the district council under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts in supplement of that taken by the county council. No inspection of meat, fish, or vegeiables is' macTe. The Public Health {Water) Act, 1878.—Under Section 6 of this Act water certificates are granted to owners of neAvly-erected houses if the supplies are found to be satisfactory; but, never- theless, it appears that houses become occupied when such certi- ficates have been refused, e.g., a new house at Shelland Common. Housing, Town Planning, Cfc., Act, 1909.—Under this Act 738 dwellings have been inspected. Notices served numbered 274, nearly all of which have been complied with. Isolation Hospital Accomiriodation.—There is no ordinary isolation hospital; but for small-pox purposes there is stored a small portable building in sections. There is no disinfecting apparatus. Conclusion and Recommendations. The general impression which I formed from inspection of this district is that a long period of inactivity, or comparatiA^e inactivity, on the part of the council has been succeeded by a real effort to secure improvements in the sanitary circumstances of the district. Examples in regard to housing, abolition of insanitary privies, and other matters have been given aboA’e. At the same time much remains to be done to place the sanitary circumstances and administration of the district on a satisfactory basis. The follow- ing appear to be the principal points; — 1. Expert adAuoe should be obtained as to the best method of securing adequate and wholesome Avater-sup])lies throughout the district; attention should not be confined to those parishes as to which representations, (*omplaining of default on tlie part of the council, Iiave been made to the Hoard, 2. The powers of food inspection under the Public Health Acts sliould be duly applied in the district. 3. The district council should (“ontinue and deA'elop tlie action already taken to secure the repair or reconstruction of all dilapidated houses and cottages, a good habitable (*ondition of every dwelling in the districb, and a sufficient supply of cottages for the Avorking cdasses. 4. The district council should secure the abatement of all nuisances due to dilapidated, badly constructed, and defectiAT^ I)rivy-middens, or oilier forms of closets, by the substitution of (dosets of approved tyjie and proper construction. AVith a vieAv to the avoidance of possible risk of pollution of Avater-supplies it is](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28143188_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
