[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    'I'hcrc has been considcrabl}- ii^n'c sickness tlian in the previous y('ar, csja'eially from the. latter end of De(icmL(‘r lust uj) to tlie middle of .Ararch. At one jK'riod avc had 10 ^vorkmcji absent and the average has been 7 for 10 weeks, Influenza, Bronchitis and Rheumatism la'ing chiefly the causes of same. ; 'l'her(' have Ircen four accidents for which comjjcnsation pay has I)e(m made, viz., 11. Scabridge .slii)])ed <lown wliik^ carrying outrefu.se—ab.SRnt d'g \^(“cks. A. Dukes knocked over l>y horse biing startled by heavy motor car—broken arm—absent 6^^ weeks. fl. 'Iknnlinson slipped down in street—absent 1 week. |-[. Bull fell olT a cart and injurcal his shoukhw—ab.sent 4 Aveeks. IS horses are (mgaged in the whcile of the caiting. ft has not j l)cen n(;(;essary to engage any hire team u(u‘k. 2 fresh horses have been purchased dining the year, and another one Avill he I purchased shortly. •. ' .‘1 frcsli horses are allowed for in estimate for ensuinc year. !: ^ • > I 'I'he shoc-ing of horses is now carried out satisfactorily. jt S bj vehicles are in use for various classes of work. f Notice lias bc(m received from .Mr. Butt to clo.-c tlie pre.sent f Stajienhill depot—time expires Kith January. I!t2!t. y < I have seen .Mr. Ball, of Meath Farm. Stanton Road, who has | some land near the pre .sent depot ami he is eon.^idering the matter | of a depot being ojiencd u]i. lie will give hi.s lUa ision shortly. It ^ i.s imjiortant that closet conversions at .Staiienhill shoukl be pres.sed A forward as spei-dily as pos.sibte, in conse(|Ucncc of the uncertainty t of 1i])|»ing accommodation. -y 1 have arranged for the rent of the Udnshill dejiot to bo reduced j from .t;iS jier year to .€d per year. ' I «