Dr Airy's draft report to the local government board on the sanitary state of the Clitheroe rural sanitary district.

  • Airy, Hubert.
Date:
1880
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Credit: Dr Airy's draft report to the local government board on the sanitary state of the Clitheroe rural sanitary district. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    All waterclosets should be furnished with an adequate supply of water for Ij flushing, which should be drawn from service cisterns and not directly from the mains. Connexion between the sinks and watercloset pans should not be permitted. All privies and waterclosets should be properly ventilated. In reference to matters relating to excrement disposal other than by water- closets, the Authority should consult the report to the Local Government Board “ On certain means of preventing excrement nuisances in towns and villages.” 4. All houses should be furnished with a proper receptacle for ashes and dry refuse, which may conveniently be moveable in cases where the removal has to be effected through the house. The removal of refuse should take place at intervals so frequent that no nuisance shall arise from its accumulation. 5. No time should be lost in securing for all parts of the district a constant supply of wholesome water. When this is done the Authority should cause a supply to be laid on to all houses that are not provided with water sufficient in quantity and wholesome in quality. All suspected wells should be examined, and if found polluted, should be dealt with as directed by Section 70 of the Bublic Health Act, 1875. 6. The condition of the dwellings occupied by the poorer class of the inhabitants should receive the attention of the Authority. Such as are in a condition to be injurious or dangerous to health should be dealt with as nuisances, and, if necessary, closed until they shall have been rendered fit for habitation. 7. A close supervision should be exercised over the erection of all new houses. In particular, the byelaw requiring the drains of new buildings to be examined by the Surveyor before they are covered up should be strictly carried out. 8. The byelaws should be carefully revised. In framing byelaws with respect to the structure of the walls and foundations of new buildings, advantage should be taken of the power conferred upon Urban Sanitary Authorities by the Public Health Act, 1875, to make provisions for purposes of health. In particular, the site of new dwellings should be required to be covered with a layer of impervious material, to prevent the entrance of injurious emanations from the ground. The Authority might with advantage adopt the model byelaws issued by the Local Government Board. 9. A stricter supervision than at present should be exercised over common lodging houses. 10. Slaughter-houses should be frequently inspected, and the byelaws relating to them should be enforced. Proceedings should be taken against such of them as are in a condition to constitute a nuisance. 11. The Sanitary Authority shall consider whether, in a district of the extent and character of Edmonton, it is possible for one individual to discharge efficiently all the duties appertaining to the offices of surveyor and of inspector of nuisances. 12. There should be in the district some place for the isolation and treat- ment of cases of infectious disease occurring among persons other than paupers. There should also be provided a place for the proper disinfection of infected clothing and bedding, with a hand barrow with close-fitting lid, or other means for the transmission thereto of articles requiring disinfection, without risk to the public. A public mortuary should also be provided.'
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