[Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, Godstone R.D.C.
- Godstone (Surrey, England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1893
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, Godstone R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![It has been said on authority that diphtheria never attacks a healthy throat but one rendered unhealthy by previous illness. The above conditions are eminently calculated to produce such an illness from time to time and thus indirectly produce the diphtheria. The pail system would be a better substitute pending the completion of the drainage scheme which is in progress of being promulgated for Oxted in conjunction with Limps- field, and specially for those cases which cannot by their position be embraced in it. The adoption of small pails would not be attended with much expense, and being readily emptied would not prove a source of pollution to the general atmosphere as the present privies are. The accumulation of filth and sewage matter in the field near the school | alluded to above has been removed, and the drainage from the cottages improved. The defects also mentioned in connection with Marsland Cottages have been remedied. eric Fever, A case of Enteric Fever was reported at Hurst Green in a man who went to work in Lodnon during the week and on premises where there were other cases amongst his fellow workmen. isingoftheWork- Proceedings were commenced under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, relative to the collection of houses near the Bridge in consequence of a communication received from the Local Government Board with regard to them and the pollution of the Brook which arose from the close proximity thereto of their respective privies, but were subsequently withdrawn after some repairs had qeen effected. ter supply. The Limpsfield and Oxted Company’s supply of water has been laid on to thirty-five houses in consequence of that from their wells having on analysis proved unfit for drinking and domestic purposes. Under the above circumstances it is not to be wondered at that the death rate should have increased, having been at the rate of 12 per 1000 in 1892 but i7’86 for 1893, a rise of 5-86. Doubtless the measures in contemplation for improving the drainage of the Village will effect a change in this respect when completed and with a further extension of the Water Company’s mains bring about a more heathful state of affairs in the future. Frequent complaints having been made as to the slovenly manner in which the cesspool emptying was carried [26] l](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29261363_0057.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
