[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Accrington Borough.

  • Accrington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1970
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Credit: [Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Accrington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC CLEANSING SERVICES. ANNUAL REPORT — 1970-71 Public Health and Cleansing Department, Cannon Street, ACCRINGTON. To the Mayor and Members of the Town Council. Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit my sixteenth Annual Report on the work of the Borough’s Public Health Inspectors for the year 1970, and on the Public Cleansing Services for the year ended 31st March, 1971. Statistics do not vary much from year to year and little of news value exists in a department which struggles unre- mittingly to promote personal and environmental hygiene, nevertheless I hope members will find some of the comments of interest in reviewing past activities from present circumstances. The wind of change is blowing and we look forward to local government reorganisation with confidence. Fragmentation of duties is expected to be minimal and the “sanitary services” of local authorities are likely to be controlled locally and not remotely. Good progress continued in slum clearance and smoke control, etc., and a total of 18,742 visits were paid by the inspectoral staff. WATER SUPPLY. The district is supplied with water by the Calder Water Board from upland sources at Dean Clough, Mitchell's House, Burnley Road and Plantation Mill Reservoirs, upland and under- ground sources at Higher Antley, Lower Antley and Foxhill Bank Reservoirs, the underground supply from Altham Bore- hole, and the bulk supply from Manchester Corporation via the Haweswater Aqueduct.
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