[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Warminster R.D.C.
- Warminster (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1898
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Warminster R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![which there is not one or more emjty cottages. I am well aware that i..any ol' the cottages at present inhabiteo are very cofective, the floors being eam]. at times, the ceilings lev/, ant. with bearooms situatea immeciately unaer the roof, without fireplaces, anc with small wineov/s almost on a level v/ith the floor, ane yet with all these trawbacks, the agricultural labourer vvill as a rule jreler a cottage of this ae script ion to one of more mocern builu. Only three registerec slaughter houses are situateo in the district, ana these together 'with the dairies and bakehouses have been regularly inspectec and founc. in a satisfactory conditicn. No comjnon Icoginghouses exist in the eistrict ana no offensive traces are carrieo on. The pollution of the River Wylye by sewage matter as mentionec in previous reports is now rerned iec, all the privies, that v/ere situated near, anc aischargea their contents oirectly into the river are now converteo into earth closets. I beg to submit with this report the usual tables coaling with the mortality, ana prevalence of ini’ectious aiseases curing the past year. I am Mr Chairman ana Gentlemen, Meo : Officer of Health to the 7/arminster Rural District Council. To the Chairman Rural District Council Warminster.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30234098_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
