[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper U.D.C.

  • Belper (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1925
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    Beiper Urban District Council. ANNUAL REPORT of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1925. To THE Chairman and ]\Iembers of the Beeper Urban District Council. Gentlemen, J liavo the lioiuuir to .'siiLmit. the Annual Report for the year 1925, which is in the form of a Survey Report. Tlie Registrar General has provided corrected returns of Births and Deaths, and an estimate of the population. During the 1 ist 5 years much work has been done regarding sewer ing the di-trict, tlie whole of the Far Laund and Over Lane districts having been sewered and connections have been made to the whole of the dwellings affected. 4 houses on Hopping Hill have been con- nected up to an extended .sewer, hut there is still much new sewering to lie done for the remainder of Hopjung Hill, Hopping Hill Terrace, Shaw Lane, Lane End, Sot’s Hole, The Bent, and also Broadholme, and I should like to see work commenced in these distrii-ts as soon as possible, especially Hopping Hill area and Shaw Lane. During the last 5 years 823 pail closets and privies have been con- verted into the water carriage system. Of that number 25 were done in 1925. You will see that a large amount of work has been done in this direction. The Destructor was opened in 1924, and house to house collection of refuse has been carried out systematically, and must have proved a great boon to the inhabitants, especially those people who lived in the vicinity of the tip at Windy Gap. Only one refuse tip is in use at