[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Cannock U.D.C.

  • Cannock (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1896
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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Cannock U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    llic* iticiuisL's (i) wliicli drains liavo ho(‘n laid aial coii- iioctinl with cesspools are as follows : HollS('S ... f) I'otal ... () \\ ith r(‘gavd to Private Streets, in various [larts of the Itistrief, where pi'ovision is not yet made for ri'cmvino house refuse, I ha\'e nothin^ to add to the rmnarks in my ]>!'evions Keport. Itiiring the year ’iispeetions have heeii made throui^hont the 1 tistrict as to the general conditi(m of Privies ami Ashj)its. Si.\ty-eight nnisances of various descriptions hav(^ heen d('- tect(*d, the p.'irticnlars o( which will Ix' found in tln^ statistics givmi. 1 he usual notices weri' sm'vixl on tin; projxu'tv owinus to abate the nuisances, and in all cases, exci'pt si.\, tlie work satisfactorily carried out. 'I’he nuisances unahati'd are carried forward on the hooks to he dealt with. In several eases wliiu'e I have found |)rivi(;s ami ashpits (at the hetter class houses) in such a ililajiidaied condition as to necessitate ri.-constrncting, 1 have recommended tln'm to h(‘ pulh'd down, and [)ro[)er water closets suhstituted. My recommendations were accei)te(l hy the owners, and the work carri<‘il out to my satisfaction. d’he removal of night soil for the 1 tistriet was umh'rtakmi hy Mr. Knoch Jflewitt, contractor, Ilediu'sford, at a cost of £425, the amount of his cfiiitract for the first year ended 51 st Itecemher, 1896. 1 timing the yi'ar the (.'ontractor has emptied 2,5.69 ash- pits. Inspections were made of the work.s, and the ashpits which were found not .satisfactorily cleansed, the Contractor’s attention was called, and the conip'aint remedlecl. I have again to report that the W(U’k carrii'd out hy the Con- tractor has mmerally lieen found satisfactorv. 4’he total numher of Slaughter llou.ses on the Pegister is 27, as against 29 in the iirei ious year. Slanghtm' Houses .\os. 1 1 and 26 have heen closed on account of a change of tenant in another traile. < hie transau' licen.se has heen granted to Mr. dames Smitli, grocer, 1 ledm sfor 1, to( ccnjiy and u.se fSlanghter House No. 17. During the yiair ins])ectinns have hemi m.ade, and the usual instiuctions given for cleansing the slaughter houses and fasting pens, which were satisfactorily carried out. Privifis aiii Xiglit Soil liiMtiiival Slaii;;tit(-r Jtou.ses.