[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury (Union) R.D.C.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Scaveng^ing^.—In Ainsworth this is carried under contract and is done in a satisfactory manner. This system should be extended to other districts until the Council is prepared to carry out the work by their own employees. In the remaining townships the tenants are responsible for the removal of the contents of the privies and ashpits. This is done by the tenants or owners by arrangement with the local farmers under the supervision of the Sanitary Inspector. The district is systematically inspected l)y myself and the Sanitary Inspector. For the details of the inspec- tions I refer you to the Inspector’s Report at tlie end of this Report. Schools.—There are 7 Elementary Schools in the district, viz: at Ainsworth, Buckhurst, Hollins, Prestolee, Ringley, Turn, and Unsworth. The buildings are in a satisfactory condition, and the premises are kept clean and well ventilated. Except Prestolee and Unsworth, which are provided with water closets they all have privy middens or pail closets. I would again urge that wherever sewage disposal works are available it is essential that these premises, at any rate, should be provided with water closets. The water supply of these schools is derived from one or other of the Water Boards except at Turn and at Buckhurst. The supply to the Turn School is now quite satisfactory and it is intended to have the supply to Buckhurst examined in the immediate future. The medical inspection of the children is entirely in the hands of the County Council, Milk Supply .—Most of the agricultural part of the district is concerned with the milk sup])ly of the population of this and the urban districts in the neighbourhood. The dairies are kept in a clean condition, but there is however very little storage of milk, it being taken direct from the shippons to the customers. There are 91 cowkeepers in the district, all of whom are on the register. The sliippons are in a fairly satisfactory condition, but in some instances there is insufficient airspace and the ventilation and sanitary arrangements require attention. In several instances the manure heaps are situated too near the 8hi]q)ons, and every opportunity is ta,ken to urge the farmers to remove the manure away from the vicinity as quickly as possible. The cows are all grazed during the summer montlis. Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1919.—This is under the control of the Countv Council. 4-