[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough.
- Penzance (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1900
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[2] Water Supply. The Boscathnoe Well has again proved during the summer months an indis¬ pensable auxiliary to our water supply. Your Authority will shortly have eight or nine water schemes laid before you for your consideration. The diversion of the drainage of Boswednan during the year has removed one of the possible sources of pollution of our present supply, but Trengwainton and Hendra Farm still remain as dangers to be dealt with. Public Urinals, Closets, &c. The Railway Station closets and urinals continue to be maintained in good condition. Two public urinals have been repaired during the year. The Davy urinal has been, structurally, much improved. Scavenging:. The scavenging of the Borough by your Authority continues to be well conducted. Bakehouses, Slaughter-houses, Dairies, Cowsheds, and IVlilkshops. There are in the Borough 18 bakehouses, 18 slaughter-houses, and 32 dairies, cowsheds, and milkshops. All are registered and inspected. Vaccination. Vaccination appears to be well administered. Seizure of Food. One lot of Mackerel was seized during the year as being unfit for human consumption. “Sale of Food and Drugs” Acts. Twenty-three samples were taken during 1900. These included milk, butter, margarine, pepper, and five samples of beer examined for arsenic. The beer samples represented five breweries supplying the cheaper beers sold by the licensed victuallers of the town. No arsenic was found. Of the other commodities only two (of milk, affecting one milk-seller) were found on analysis to be below the standard of purity. The milk-seller was prosecuted and fined. Interim Reports in 1900. As in previous years fortnightly reports dealing with sickness, deaths, nuisances, defects in houses, water-fittings, &c., have been regularly made to your Authority by the Medical Officer of Health, Sanitary Inspector, and Borough Plumber;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29986667_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
