[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City.

  • Manchester (England). City Council. n 88637066.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The constructional, plumbing, and drainage work connected with the provision of sanitary accommodation in existing buildings is supervised by the district sanitary inspectors, whilst the City Architect’s staff deals with these matters in newly constructed buildings. The number of privy middens remaining in the City was reduced by 24 during the year, to 91, of which total 86 are in the undeveloped portion of the Wythenshawe area and are connected mainly with farms and market gardeners’ dwellings. The number of pail closets in the City is 534, which number includes some structures converted during the year from privy middens as a measure of improvement, in the absence of sewer facilities in outlying areas. Most of these obsolete types of conveniences are situated in the Wythenshawe area, the remainder being connected with property which is of a type which will be dealt with by clearance action under the Housing Act when this procedure is resumed. Factories. ] Inspections of mechanical and non-mechanical factories, etc., under the Factories Act, 1937, is shown in the following table Premises Number on register | Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted Factories (without mechanical power) 1,244 250 1 Nil Factories (with mechanical power). . 4,687 1,590 32 Nil Building operation sites. 9 20 _ Nil Nil Total . 5,940 1 1 1,860 1 33 Nil 1 2. Defects found are shown below Particulars Want of cleanliness (Section 1). . Overcrowding (Section 2) . . Unreasonable temperature (Section 11) Inadequate ventilation (Section 4) . Ineffective drainage of floors (Section 6) Sanitary conveniences (Section 7)— (a) Insufficient . . . . . (b) Unsuitable or defective (c) Not separate for sexes Other offences against the Act, (nc Totals Defects Referred By H.M. Found Remedied to H.M. Inspector Inspector 2 4* -- 2 — — — — —• -—- — 1 —- — — 1 1 -* 1 5 5* 4 83 10* — 62 8 7 * -. 4 2 — “ 102 107 — 73 Number of cases in which prosecu¬ tions were instituted I!. * Includes defects found in previous year.
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