[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Oldham County Borough.
- Oldham (England). County Borough Council. nb2004302054.
- Date:
- 1913
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Oldham County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Of the houses inspected 698 were found to be more or ]ess structurally defective, for which notices were served upon the owners to remedy, and which with the exception of 49 have been complied with. The Table relating to Houses let in Lodgings shows that 1 12 houses containing 430 rooms were registered during the year, 10 of these houses containing 33 rooms were after¬ wards lapsed for the following reasons—viz.:— One house containing 5 rooms demolished for the pur¬ pose of building a bakehouse on the site. Three houses containing 12 rooms were closed under the Town Planning Act, 1909, as unfit for habitation, and 6 houses containing 16 rooms were closed voluntarily by the owner, he having agreed with the Health Committee to let them as store rooms only in the future It was found necessary to serve 95 notices for the abate- merit of various nuisances, ot which 93 were complied with. The substitution of dustbins in lieu of ashpits is still proceeding very favourably. During the year 1,765 ashpits have been abolished, and 4,049 dustbins substituted. This is an increase over the year 1912, when 1,454 ashpits were abolished and 3,864 dustbins substituted in lieu of them. The visits to Infectious Diseases amounts to 1,889, an increase of 787 visits over last year, and the visits to Phthisis number 177, as compared with 256 last year. In conclusion, I wish to express my thanks for the great assistance I have received from the members of the staff, and also to yourself, sir, for your confidence and support. I beg to remain, Yours respectfully, GEORGE AVINTERBOTTOM, Chief Sanitary Inspector.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2993686x_0045.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
