[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough.

  • Chorley (England). Borough Council
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Refuse Destructor has been used during the greater portion of the year, and most of the refuse and garbage is being consumed therein. Improvements have been and are being made in the Destructor and, I hope, it will soon be in such a condition as to consume all the refuse of the town, so that all tips may be abandoned, and that the Cremator for the burning of diseased animals and condemned meat, &c., will be competent to thoroughly destroy such carcases, &c. You have applied for and obtained a licence from the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to destroy in the Cremator all carcases affected with Anthrax, Cattle Plague, Epizootic Lymphangitis, Foot and Mouth Disease, Glanders or Farcy, Pleuro-pneumonia. Rabies, Sheep-pox, and Swine Fever. I have not received so many complaints during 1905 of the smell from the Dacca Twist Company’s Oil Cloth Works, and from personal observation I think the Nuisance has been considerably abated since the Company made their alterations. At times, however, the smell has been more pronounced than it ought to have been, probably owing to the neglect of some person employed in the Works, and I recommend that you keep these Works under observation. The Factories and Workshops have been visited during the year and generally the result of inspection has been satisfactory. The Factories have generally been found to be clean and well ventilated and no notice has been served under either of these headings. The drainage has also been found to be satisfactory. In two (2) Factories the Sanitary accommodation has been found to l)e insufficient, and in four (4) un- suitable or defective, in all these cases notices have been served on the owners and the defects have been remedied. No case of overcrowding the Factories or Workshops has been found during the year, and all the Workshops have been measured and supplied with details as to the num- ber of people allowed to work in each room. There are few, if any, outworkers in the town—all the work being done in Workshops or Factories. Your Inspector regularly visits the Slaughterhouse and I have done so fre(piently. Eighty-three (83) (kircases have been examined and [16]