[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Warminster R.D.C.
- Warminster (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1903
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Warminster R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![week earlier than usual on account of the prevalence of this disease. No cases of Enteric Fever occurred, but two cases of Puerperal Fever and seven cases of Erysipelas were notified to me. WATER SUPPLY. The Water Supply has been too abundant, and I do not see any likelihood of there being a scarcity of water in any part of the district for some years. Operations were commenced for obtaining a supplv of water for Upton Scudamore, but the work was suspended owing to the quantity of water in the well, the work will be resumed when practicable, at present 1 have no coni])laints of scarcity of water in the villa<^e, and wells that have had little or no water for some vears are now in full use. The condition of the cottages in the different villages continues as reported in former reports. No new cottages have to my knowledge been erected in the district during the past year, but the present supply is sufficient for the decreasing po})ulation, there are a number of old and unsatisfactory cottages in most of the villages, but particularly in Imber, Chitterne, and Sherrington, in the latter village, many of the older cottages have been put in repair. The condition of the cottages and surroundings in the parishes of Norton Bavant and Stockton is not so satisfactory as it was a few years ago, but you must take into consideration the situation of both these villages which is not favourable for such unseasonable weather as we have had during the past year. There are a number of cottages at the entrance to the village of Stockton of the most anticpiated type, with stone floors, and bedrooms almost in the roof, but roomy withal, and no doubt quite as comfortable as those of more modern construction, but they ought to be put into a better state of repair. This village abounds with dip wells of some depth, but it is also provided with a water siq:)ply from a reservoir which is fed by a wind engine from a deep well near. INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT. The bakehouses and slaughterhouses have been regularly ins])ected. There' are jDractically only three slaughterhouses in the district, viz. : at Hornmgshani. Heytesbury, and Codford St. Peter. The bakehouses are in a satisfactory con¬ dition. I have reported on an underground bakehouse at Sutton \ env. which 1 unhesitatingly recommend the Council to license. With the exception of a few blacksmith’s shops, there are oidy two work¬ shops in the district, l)ut in addition there are a few Hour mills mostly worked by water power, and employing very few hands, there are a lew tenements in which dressmaking is carried on in a A'crv small wav. and glove making is also undertaken in a few of the villages nearer Westburv for a firm of glove makers O t O in that town. Negotiations are pending between the District and Urban Councils of Warminster, for a joint Small-pox Hospital, but the difficulty is in obtaining a site, there is no doubt that the most suitable suitation would be soniewhei-e near the road leading from Sutton Venv to Crockei-ton. and the Committee wer'e actually in treaty for a site in that localitv, but the negotiations unfortimatcdy fell through.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30234128_0002.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
