[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Newark Borough, Southwell R.D.C., Newark R.D.C.

  • Newark-on-Trent (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Newark Borough, Southwell R.D.C., Newark R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1922 16 Accredited milk licences are held in this district, granted by the Nottinghamshire County Council. During the year three supple¬ mentary licences to sell Pasteurized Milk were issued by the Council. Petroleum Stores During the year 4 new tanks and pumps were tested and licensed and all stores are in good condition, and stored underground. O J O Number of licenses issued during the year for storage O J O of petroleum spirit . . . . . . . . 32 Infectious Diseases Infectious diseases have occurred in 99 houses during the year, and the infected rooms and contents have been disinfected by spraying with Formaldehyde and fumigation by Formic Aldehyde Vapour, and one school was disinfected by reason of an outbreak of Measles. Scavenging Public scavenging is done by the Council under contract in the Parish of Sutton-on-Trent, and the refuse is dealt with on farm land by the contractor in a satisfactory manner : also in the Parishes of Edwinstowe, Clipstone, Bilsthorpe and the part of Eakring Parish where the colliery bungalows are situated, Ollerton, Boughton and Wellow. The dust-bin refuse from these Parishes is collected weekly and taken to 4 tips provided by the Council, and dealt with under the con¬ trolled (Bradford) tipping system, two men working on each tip under my control, and the night soil is taken to farm land by the contractors, and dealt with in a satisfactory manner. A system of collection of tins, broken pots, etc., is also done by the Council under contract in the Parish of Walesby, and tipped in an old pond on waste land about a mile from the village. Scavenging of Streets Workmen are employed by the Council in clearing litter from the streets in the Parishes of Clipstone, Bilsthorpe and part of Eakring, Ollerton and Boughton as follows :—Clipstone, one man works two days each week. Eakring and Bilsthorpe, one man works two days each week. Ollerton and Boughton, one man works three days weekly. All this scavenging work is done under my control.
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