[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley R.D.C.

  • Chorley (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1896
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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Heapey.— Tlie Parisli Council of Ileapey sent a resolution to your Council calling attention to tlie insufficient supply of water to several of tlie Farms in that Township, and requesting you to urge upon the Landlords the necessity of making a better provision of water to their property. An analysis of water from a spring on Mr. Wiggans’ farm yielded very good results, and 1 recommend that this water should be conveyed to the Station Cottages and neighbourhood. Brindle.—A well at Jack Green has been repaired, and a well near Mr. Joseph Hatch’s house has been constructed, and a pipe carried to the main road. The Water Supply to Messrs. Bourne’s Mill Cottages has been analysed and found to be polluted. Typhoid Fever has occurred in houses supplied by this water, and the matter has received both your attention and that of the Parish Council. I consider this subject ought to be taken in hand at the earliest possible opportunity. Charnoclc Richard.—The Parish Council have written to your Council stating that owing to the detached character of the houses it would be a very costly matter to make a general water supply from extraneous sources. The well near the Post Office is now being cleaned out, pipes laid, and a stand pipe erected. Bretherton.— A well at Moss Lane End has been repaired and a pump erected. Whittle le-Woods.—This Township is still badly supplied w'ith wmter. A bore hole has been sunk in order to find good water, but analysis does not yet yield satisfactory results. Certificates of Sufficient Water Supply have been applied for in the case of eighty (80) newly- erected houses, viz., Clayton-le-Woods, tw'enty-five (25); Euxtou, nine (9) ; Bretherton, (8); Coppull seven (7), Whittle-le-AVoods and Heapey six (6) each. Heath Charnock (5), Wheelton four (4), Eccleston three (3), Mawdesley, Heskin, and Anderton tw^o (2) each, and Huxbury one (1). Samples of Food and Drugs have been taken and subjected to analysis in tw’enty-tw'o (22) instances, viz.. Butter six (6), Whisky eight (8), Lard one (1), Vinegar one (1), Sulphur one (1), Cinna- mon one (1), and Coffee two (2). No prosecution has been instituted. I have seized and caused the carcase of a cow dressed for food to be condemned. The ordinary work of the year has been carried on as usual. I annex a Table wfith a List of the various Nuisances ordered to bo abated and Sanitary Improvements made. I have the honour to be. Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, JAMES A. HARRIS, M.D. (Lond.) Medical Officer of Health.
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