[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Brentwood U.D.C.
- Brentwood (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1904
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Brentwood U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![of the town ; the months in which they occurred and the number in each month being as under :— April ... 7 October ... ii May ... 4 November ... 2 September ... 3 December ... 2 The numbers of each sex and age is shown by the following table : Se.\. Under 1 year. 1—5 6—10 10—15 15—25 25 upwards. Total. Males 2 7 4 13 Females 1 2 7 4 1 1 16 In consequence of the prevalence of the disease at the Hackney Schools in April and May, I made a thorough inspection of the whole premises. T found that the surface water including the washings from the yards and floors of some of the urinals discharged into a pond at the back of the swimming bath, and that there was no visible outlet to this pond. The water from it was supplied by means of pumping to the dormitories, bake-house, kitchen and other parts of the building, to be used for washing purposes only. This arrangement I considered a menace to the health of the inmates, for three reasons, viz, ist, this water was used for washing the tables and other utensils in the bake- house. 2nd, it was used for washing the cooking utensils, and 3rd, there was nothing to prevent the children from drinking this contami- nated water from the taps in the dormitories. I communicated with the School Authorities and a sub-committee was appointed to confer with me. Accordingly at an appointed tiine I met the Committee and the matter was thoroughly discussed with the resultThat the whole water supply was overhauled and all defects remedied. The School Authorities much appreciated the efforts of the Council’s Health Officers in pointing out sanitary defects and in giving advice as to the best means to adopt for remedying these defects. Indeed, in every way they showed a sincere desire to ])romote the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28948051_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
