[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge U.D.C.

  • Stourbridge (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3.—Other Matters. Class. Number. Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories : — Failure to affix Abstract of Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) 7 Action taken in matters re- / ferred by H.M. Inspectors Notified by H.M. Inspector .. 7 as remediable under the 1 Public Health Acts, but ] Reports (of action taken) sent to not under the factory Act H.M. Inspectors .. 5 (s. 5) V Homework :— Lists of Outworkers (S. 107) :— Lists received Addresses of Outworkers I Number of Lists. Outworkers .. .. .. 22 68 forwarded to other Authorities 38 received from other Authorities 4 Homework in unwholesome or infected premises :— Wearing Apparel Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers’ premises 2 Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. no) 2 Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1904 .. 208 Total number of workshops on Register .. 208 A detailed account of the work done under this act is included in the report of your Sanitary Inspector. Midwives’ Act.—Although this act has not, as yet, actually come into force, it has given me satisfaction to see a marked im¬ provement in the method the midwives in this district carry out their duties. Prosecutions.—There were 5 cases taken before the magistrates during the year, each with successful results. They were :—1 over¬ crowding, 1 insanitary premises, 1 polluted well water, 2 recovery of expenses incurred in providing water closets. House Accommodation.—Three houses were closed by the owners during the year, on account of defective state. One house, which had been previously closed by order of the magistrates, was repaired and re-opened. Two were demolished by order of the Council and 2 by the owner. Six houses in Theatre Road, closed by the owner in 1901, after notice, were demolished. Seventy-six houses were built during the year. Many of these houses are adapted to the requirements of the average artizan. In my Annual Report for last year I stated that the number of houses built in 1903, viz. :—74, was double the number of houses erected in any one year during the six previous years. It is evident that private enterprise has been stimulated through the steps the Council took regarding the Housing question. Water Supply.—A few houses in the district still procure their water supply from wells, but most of the houses are supplied by the Stourbridge Water Works Company, During the year 3 samples of water were condemned by the County Analyst. Burial Grounds.—There are three. This Council’s Cemetery, and the Oldswinford and Wollaston Churchyards.