[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1913
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Sanitary Conveniences.- -The good work accomplished during 19C2 and previous years in the sul:)stitution of Water Closets and Ashbins for the old fashioned Privy-Middens has been fully maintained during the past year; 777 of these Privy-Middens have been dealt with during the year, in each case the premises constituted an undoubted nuisance and were separately inspected and reported upon to you—359 of such notices haye been complied with, and 203 Water Closets liaye also been substituted during the year in pursuance of notices seryed during 1912, making a total for the year of 5G2. In numerous other cases orders haye been giyen to haye the necessary work carried out, and in other cases the notices haye for special reasons been allowed to stand oyer. In many cases where the notices had not been complied with, I receiyed your instructions to carry out the work under the powers conferred by Section 36 of the Public Health Act, 1875, and in 7 of such cases affecting 19 houses the work has been completed. I understand that demand has been made for payment in each of these cases and that in one case affecting 8 houses the owner has appealed to the Local Goycrnment Board, and such appeal is now pending. The total number of notices seryed during 1912 and 1913 is 1,520, and the number of Water Closets and Ashbins sub- stituted for the old Priyy Middens is 1,021. The number of the old Priyies and Middens still re- maining is 1,267, and there are also 6,660 Priyy-Ashpits, 510 separate Ashpits, 172 Priyy Pans, and 7,444 Water Closets. Infectious Diseases. --288 cases of Scarlet Feyer, 129 cases of Diphtheria, li cases of 4’yphoid or Enteric Fever, 46 cases of Erysi])elas and 4 c;ises of Puerperal Fever have Ijeen notified during the year, and the necessary enc]uirics have been made and precautions taken against the spread of in- fection.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29582052_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
