[Report 1942] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION 3. SANITARY CIRCURISTANCES AND SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA. REPORT OF THE CHIEF SAfilTARY INSPECTOR. 'l‘>> ilu' IMc'.ilica] Officer of Health • for the County Borough of Bury. ft h, I have pleasure in submitting in an abridged form my Report on ill. Sanitary Insj'cction of the Area for the year T.)]2 in accordance with Niiii'K' 27 of tlie vSanitary Officers (Outside London) Regulations, 193‘o. Tlie various additional ■war-time duties enumerated in the Report for M.iti) are Still being carried out b}- this vSection of the De})artment. h is interesting to note that the iMilk produced at farms in the deiiiiet ccmtinues to be of the same good quality as in the jn'e-war Kv) <'hanges in vStaff occurred during the year. WATER SUPPLY.— lileven samples of well water have been taken ilniing ilie year and submitted for chemical and bacteriological examina- ji.jti; five sam])les of town’s water have been examined and found satis- {;m lory. S\N’EMM1XG BATHS.—Twenty-one samples of water from the new swimming Baths have been submitted for bacteriological examination ;ni<l iliree samples for chemical analysis. The reports on the chemical ^^n^d^^^is were satisfactory. The bacterial counts were generally high, bm ihese showed some improvement on sam])les taken during the previous year. , SEWERAGE ANT) DRAINAGE.—There were 1,210 inspections in i.-.p.-et of drainage defects and reconstructions during the year. Fifteen Ml w ‘.inks were fitted in dw’elling-houses. RIViiRS POLLUTION, ETC.—Ten visits were made in respect of p,dUnion of water courses, one nuisance w’as reported and abated during U»r year. Cl.OSET ACCOMMODATION.—During the year, a number of con- \rv-.ion> were carried out’ voluntarily by owners of projierty. Thirteen ..( {'> ot fillings (water closet pedestal and cistern) were ]>rovided by the e'orporaiion, free of cost for this p)urpose. Thirteen additional closets ^^-^ie iimtalied in dwelling-houses and 20 at factories; 9 waste water vU'sels, 1 privy closet, and 3 trough closets were replaced with water n Lvscts. STORAGE OT HOUSEHOLD RET'USE.—One l>rivy, three dry ash- jm-,, and three wall-bins were abolished and 25 portable dustbins installed ,’wring the year. ^'ER.M1N DISINTESTATION.—Complaints were received in respect .T ;kKi hou-'e>. and 092 visits were made by Inspectors to inquire into and vv-t'crvi-.e disinfestation. The work of spraying with liquid insecticide carried out by the Corpioration free of cost to owners and occupiers of ,Avvliing-hou>es affecte<l with vermin.