[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Melton Mowbray R.D.C.
- Melton Mowbray (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1925
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Melton Mowbray R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![21 they are sent to be slaughted to Leicester, FACTORY & WORKSHOPS ACT 1901. The total number of workshops, including bakehouses, registered in your District /as *^8; nuisances found and abated 5. The Bakehouses registered were 21; their sanitary condition was satisfactory and no nuisances found. The number of outworkers, chiefly menders or clippers of lace in your District \7ere 6, No legal measures were necessary. BY3-L/t.S REGULATIONS, Bye-laws with respect to the erection of new buildings were adopted on December 19th. 1901 and. approved by the Local Government Board on February 4th, 1902, Regulations were made by your Council on January 18th, 1900 respecting the Dairies, Cowshops and. Milkshops in the district, A special investigation into the shortage of water in Asfordby valloy and. the east end of Asfordby was made during the year, and 16 owners of property were served with notices to provide an adequate supply of water for their tenants. No Officer has been appointed under the Rats k Mice (Destruct¬ ion) Act 1919; and no Officer has been appointed to act under the Diseases of Animals Acts 1894 - 1909, other than the Veterinary Inspector, whose chief duty is in connection V7ith the milk supply. HOUSING CONDITIONS FOR 5 YEARS ENDING D.CCEMBER ^-Ist. 1925 Year, 1 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 Population. i 4^619 14550 14650 14860 14730 General death rate) per 1,000 ) 11.08 11.27 10.78 12.44 8.09 Tuberculosis death) rate per 1,000 ) 0.'542 0.287 0.75 0.60 0.67 Infantile mortality) 1 per 1,000 population) 0.88 1.30 1.36 0.61 i 0.61 Infanitle mortality) ' 1 1 1 per 100 births ) 48.5 65.3 67.8 43.9 ! 35.3 Dwelling houses. I i 1 • Total number 3525- 3542 I 3546- 3549 j 3627 Persons per house. 4.0^ 4.10 I 4.13 4.10 j 4.01 No,of working class) ( i hOU 38 s ) 2620 2636 2643 2674 1 2712 i Houses erected « i t j (a)By private persons 17 4 3 3B i 45 i {b)New working class i ! i hou se s 17 4 ' 31 38 i (c)Uith'State assis- j tance 14 62 38 Unfit Dwelling Houses Houses inspected for 1 defects. 164 187 126 152 1 210 -Do- recorded under i Housing Regulations 1 1910 and 1925 \ 164 187 126 152 210 Houses found not in ‘ i . i al^ respects fit for I < 1 j human habitation 1 146 118 ] 52 90 Seriously defective 1 ■i but could be made )1 • ] ! habitab^e )i '51 45 38 52 90 Defects remidled with-) 1 1 out foriaftl notice ) 21 28 38 18 65 Action taken under ) j Statutory powers after) 1 formal notice . , ) Nil Nil Nil I Nil Nil Closing Ordqrs. 1 1 i ! 2 Proceadings under Pub-) t 1 lie Health Acts .Notices) * I 1 t served', in respect of ) 31 3 6 52 90 defective houses. ) Housei made fit for ) use after notice. ) 15 3 4 18 65 Proceedings under ) NIL- on sing Act 1025 —^-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29795928_0043.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
