[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Stamford Borough.

  • Stamford (England). Borough Council
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Stamford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REMEDY OF DEFECTS No. of houses demolished as a result of action under Sec. I I of the Housing Act 1936 4 No. of houses closed by accepting undertaking from owner I No. of houses repaired as a result of informal action 41 No. of new cases of overcrowding discovered 4 No. of cases of statutory overcrowding abated 19 No. of cases of statutory overcrowding remaining at end of year 17 Proceedings under the Public Health Acts Nil. The limited quota of new building allowed by the Government has once again meant that no definite progress has been possible in respect of the clearance of unfit houses but in the Autumn the Council accepted a recommendation to allocate 10 houses from the 1950 programme to rehouse tenants from an unfit area. INFECTIOUS DISEASES, DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION Enquiries were carried out in respect of the following cases of infectious disease : Scarlet Fever ' 66 Poliomyelitis 5 Tuberculosis 4 Suspected food poisoning I Appropriate measures for disinfection were taken in all cases and in connection with the Scarlet Fever epidemic one school was disinfected. Disinfestation was carried out at one house which was infested with bugs. RIVER POLLUTION Early in September complaints were received of nuisances arising from a large quantity of dead fish in the River Welland from a pollution alleged to emanate from the Borough although the dead fish were found mainly in the neighbouring Rural District. Invest¬ igations revealed the possibility of the trouble being caused by the discharge of gas liquor from the local gas works into the river at a time of minimum flow when the river level had been lowered in connection with weed cutting operations by the Catchment Board. Investigations into the possibility of taking the gas liquor into the town sewers has already been commenced by the Borough Surveyor’s Department and were still proceeding at the end of the year. L. J. ROLL, Sanitary Inspector. Sanitary Inspector’s Office. June 1950. [19]