[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Houses ruii.t under the ]\Iinistrv oe Health’s Scheme up to the end cje 1921, and Houses BUILT BY Private Enterprise in iq2i. URBAN DISTRICTS. 1 Total number of houses erected under Ministry of Health’s Schemes up to the end of 1921 Total number of houses erected in 1921 private enterprise Total RURAL DISTRICTS. Total number of houses erected under Ministrv of Health’s vSch ernes up to the end of 1921 Total number of houses erected in 1921 private enterprise 1 Total Bishop’s Castle 0 0 0 Atcham 90 114 204 Bridgnorth 0 0 0 Bridgnorth 0 0 0 Church Stretton () 7 S Burford 0 0 oj Dawlev Cl I I Chirbnrv 0 I i| hdlesmere 4 4 Church Stretton 10 7 12I Ludlow 2Z . . 22 Cleobury ^larket Drayton 14 I 15 Mortimer 16 I 17 Newport 14 0 14 Clirn 0 3 3 Oakengates 130 4 134 Drayton 19 4 23 Oswestry 25 3 28 Ellesmere . . 4 4 Shrewsbury 234 9 243 Ludlow 18 8 261 Wellington 22 7 29 Newport 0 7 71 Wem 9 0 9 Oswestry 20 9 23 Wenlock 0 0 0 Shifnal 0 8 cl Whitchurch 41 6 47 Teme 0 7 Wellington .50 2 5q M’em 0 .s Wliitchunir .. 36 3f] Total 521 33 551 Total 259 168 421I *In addition 2 brick and 2 wooden bungalows have been built and approved for periods of .5 years and 3 years respectively. The total number of houses built in tlie whole County including the Ministry of Health’s Scheme, private houses and small holdings, is 1,056. This means housing a population of about [ 5,280. MILK AND FOOD INSPECTION. is very meagre in tlie District iVIedical waiting for new legislation. The details of the snjiervision of MUk Supplies Officers’ reports. No doubt sanitary authorities are The Meat Inspection of the County cannot be considered to be satisfactory, and endeavours I are being made to improve it by gieing the Sanitary Inspectors an opportunity of increasingl their knowledge, and in some districts by attempts to concentrate slaughtering in fewer places.! An epidemic of food iioisoning occurred in the Borough of Shrewsbury in October. Thisl was reviewed in my corrcsjKinding Quarterly Report. Dr. Smith, the 5Iedical Officer of Health,! suggests that the delay that elajised before the matter came to his notice possibly preventedl efficient action, and suggests that food iioisoning cases should be notifiable. He also .•^ays—| “ In this connection it is appro])riate to again point out that insufficient attention is frc(piently|