[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough.

  • Christchurch (Dorset, England). Borough Council
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Net expeiulitiire Net e.xpeiiditiire Per 1,0(K) Per 1,(100 liou.se.s population Area. Per .1IUIUIII. Per anniiiii. £ £ Scarborough . ... 185 66 Weston-Super-Mare 150 43 Colwyn Bay . ... 158 51 Bexhill . ... 256 72 Deal ... 160 42 Llanelly . ... 93 23 Hastings 204 67 Harrogate . ... 164 52 The Christchurch figures for 1949 are :— £ £ 101 33 These figures are much too low to admit of an efficient service being maintained and a larger sum should be allowed in future estimates. 13. SALVAGE There has been quite a drop in the quantity of material collected and a corresponding drop in revenue. The decrease in quantity was in part due to the fact that the Board of Trade saw fit to cancel the Direction making it obligatory on local authorities to collect paper, with the result that the iiublic lost the enthusiasm which was created during the difficult years, and considerable quantities of paper were placed in the refuse bins. There was also a considerable decline in prices, and for a time it was just impossible to find a market. Hundreds of local authorities discontinued collections with the result that within a very short space of time the mills once more faced a crisis. Those local authorities who had maintained their organisation were once more able to dispose of their stocks on a rising market. Fortunately, the scheme was kept alive in your town, and I am finding a ready market for all paper collected. Table 9 shows the transactions for the financial year 1949/50, the sum of £r,l49:13:]l having been realised. 14. KITCHEN WASTE:— The collection of this material in an area where there are so many pig and poultry-keepers who collect kitchen scraps has always been of doubtful value to the community, and although the scheme just about held its own in 1947 and 1948, there is a slight loss for the year 1949. If, however, one takes into account the value of the new containers, the scheme has again just about paid for itself.