[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Surrey County Council.

  • Surrey (England). County Council.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Surrey County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Egham.—Area in acres, 7,621. Population, 12,531. The Medical Officer of Health reports the inspection of 310 premises, 130 of them in detail. Nuisances abated 136, formal notices served 96, proceed¬ ings in 1 case. He made a special inspection, with a Committee of the Council and the Sanitary Inspector, of low-lying houses in Milton Road, with reference to the drainage arrangements, and a detailed report was presented shewing that no satisfactory solution of the matter was practicable until proper sewage was provided. Farnham.—Area in acres, 28,251. Population, 18,250. The Medical Officer of Health reports that several meetings of a Special Committee were held to consider the modification of the existing Bye-laws. Hambledon.—Area in acres, 63,154. Population, 22,960. The Medical Officer of Health reports that house accommodation, especi¬ ally for the working classes, is much needed in several parts of the district. He also comments upon insanitary conditions which he discovered in the oourse of his enquiries into cases of infectious disease. The Sanitary Inspector’s report is appended to that of the Medical Officer. Nuisances abated, 162. Overcrowding abated, 3. Guildford Rural.—Area in acres, 55,000. Population, 17,800. The Medical Officer of Health reports that the connection with the new sewers of all the houses in George Street, Farncombe, and of practically all the houses in Ripley was carried out during the year. The formation of a scheme for the sewerage or systematic scavenging of the village of Pirbright still requires the attention of the Council. The Local Government Board stated that they would be prepared to give favourable consideration to the Council’s application for repeal of the Bye-laws in force in Artington and Pirbright, provided that the Council were willing to substitute a code limited to the matters contained in the Model Code for Rural Districts. The Medical Officer of Health commends to the notice of the Council the desirability of extending such modified series when formulated, to the whole of the Rural District. The Medical Officer reported that the water supply of East Horsley and Grove Heath, Rip]ey, was generally unsatisfactory, and agreements have been signed with the Woking Water Company for the extension of their mains to the village. The Council pressed for the laying of mains in the parish of Compton, and the Corporation of Godaiming are about to apply to the Local Government Board foi sanction to borrow the money for the required outlay.