[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough.
- Bexhill (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1955
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Matters of interest in local spheres can be commented upon under various headings: Cesspools Routine inspections haVe been carried out at fairly regular intervals. The elimination of cesspools in the Turkey Road area proceeded—• 21 premises have now been connected to the new section of the sewer. Only two properties remain to be dealt with; it may also be possible to deal with two other properties situated outside the statutory distance from the public sewer. House Drainage Although drainage work forms only a small part of a Sanitary Inspector’s work nowadays, the supervision of repair and reconstruction work has been carried out during the year. In a town like Bexhill properties are constantly changing hands and in some instances the wiser purchasers request the Local Authority to test the drainage system. Invariably some defects are found. Intending house purchasers would be well advised to obtain a certihcate as to the condition of the drainage system before completing a transfer of property. Dustbins In common with other districts a number of contentious cases in regard to the provision of dustbins have been dealt with. There is a general impression throughout the country that the owner is in all cases responsible for the provision of facilities for the storage of house refuse, i.e. a dustbin—this is not correct. As a guide I quote Section 73 of the Public Health Act, 1936: “A local authority who, as respect their district or any part thereof, have undertaken the removal of house refuse may by notice require the owner or occupier of any building within the district, or, as the case may be, within that part of the district, to provide such number of covered dustbins for the reception of house refuse of sucli material, size and construction as the authority may ap])rove.” Garden Refuse—Weeds An increasing number of complaints relating to the dumping of garden rcdiise on vacant ])lots of land have been received. The culprit of i\](t dumi)ing is difficnlt to detect and the complainants are not very ti(;]pfiil. riiey refuse to give information of the persons responsible. 1‘ortunately these vacant ])lots of land are disappearing, particularly in the bnilt-up areas of the town. It is not possible in all circumstances to (\c<l\ with dnm])ing, as conditions do not always constitute a nuisance or a danger to j)nblic health. Some f>wners have be(‘n co-o])erative by fencing land and placing warning noti^a^s.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28921732_0044.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
