[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester R.D.C.

  • Chichester (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ifi C.L ng DOU'i’llO Appl-oai'oir. Barnham Ber at e d Eirdliam P'jJr.am -D^xgrov.e Ghidham jjorrin.gton . b Dhyrt-Peon ■ Nast cTg-ct 0 ■East Wit boring ■funti'ng'ton K'.Tioton Lrvoiik ’ Mid dletcn-oh“Sea North Mundlimii ragriyi • Solsey Si'die sham Sir^glo ton Sl'i.ndor Stoughton Wlalborton Nest bourne Nest^ I'b'chabcr 7J-Wittering’. ’ rapt on. Tollowi.-ng' very s c;:ai. 0 c s c omp ._c3i at .s regord:5.iig difficult .too arising as a of'the re diitreiiient ■'iiat hoUsehol'iere should place their bins at 'ohe fTont of their promiseh on the day of' collection, this, service was amended to a f ortiiip:ht ly eoll'octi o;i from the rear of premises in the Pari shes of ^Berstei. ' J'iiddj onon-bn-Sea arid Solsey, but the fortnightly front collection was ccntinued in-all other parishes.’ During the year a total queontity of 3,d'-33 'hons 'was collected, this weight not inc’. ludi n ^ saioagie-d'met eri-alh. ■ ' The refuse was disposed of on tips at tJ-diiifb-ourne, Ivliddioton-oh-Sea, Summer sdale, Selsey aid ''i^estboume . and ■ severe], p ab li. c i 'by ' c amp a 1 .yn k veer e ’ orga ni sod with the object of making reside nt a i n th c- di st id. ct it-er 0 ' s.alvage conscious. The followi ng matcriaj.s wor 0 .collecbod -ond-.sol ,6. i - '‘Tons Cvjts Op’d. Lb s, AZj 0 s. d. ■paper • ■ '17 2 5 776. 9. 4. Rags and B.ogg i.ng ' ' ^ 13 3 0 . 89. 5. 6. -■Iron- .62 12 . K 0 149. 17. 3. 'Bobt-3.es & Jar s (244-gross) 13 0 0 C 113, . 18. IL appx. Bones G ' . 4 r?; , 22 . 18. 12. 9. ^l'Oll■-Fe.u•^:' J','I.s M. at als 9 n s- 16 5., 15. 4. R-jib'bcr •• • ' '' ,1 3 6 ■ Q - - 5,*- 9. 0. ;C« i’o. ’ .'iM.lb9, 2.^ 10. Disposal of ’Waste paper continue 3 to work 'smoothly. but there is still considerable., difficuity, .of disposing, of. scrap.,met al, bottles and jars. .. • , . ! . ■ (c) Ca3SK)0IB, ^ oiFollovanr the • completion'of the Middleton on Sea 'Sewerage Scheme the dirbet labour cssSpboi emptying service in the parish was discontinued ■eixeapt to those housbs^ in the parish which cahnot be connected to the ’’public sewer'. 'Apart from this alteration the .so]^iG-o has continued as outlined in the report for 1910, ' Tvio of the Council's machines have reached the end of their economiceJ. life and should bo scrapped. (d) MLITOY OCCUPATiaT OF V/iCATED ..jJlnXLIMl HOUSES;. The drainage problem at military billets continues to be an extremely serious one. These premises are generally occupied by four or five times the number of. men.-that-•‘•wbuld be the case when occupied by normal civilian residents and under such conditions cesspools fill rapidly causing m-any &e'ri'0'us’nuisances to exist'. The Council have, not available a sufficient number of machines to keep this work in hand and the Military have not been able to obtain contractors to undertake all the work which is necessary,’ (e) CLOSETS; No alterations h.avo ‘been' made in the arrangements for the - collection of night soil. . ’ Shops Act,' 1934. '. •' At the end of the year, there,were 289 ^ops’oii. the pegist.or. During’-the’ year 107 visits and inspect ions, were;'rap to premises on the register. ■