Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Colony on the public health ... / Cape of Good Hope.
- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Department of Public Health.
- Date:
- [1904]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Colony on the public health ... / Cape of Good Hope. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![it. The agreement is that Dr. Lamb shall receive professional fees for work per¬ formed. (6). The completing and opening of the new Cottage Hospital on a site granted by the Government, deserves to be mentioned as an event of importance in con¬ nection with the health of the town. The main building of the hospital consists of a frontage of two wings, containing wards for accommodating ten male and ten female patients respectively; with two private wards, operating theatre, kitchen, pantry, scullery, and nurses’ rooms, wash-houses, etc., behind. There is also a separate structure for the accommodation of native patients, and further additions to the accommodation will be made as circumstances may require. Uniondale. (i) Uniondale (Municipality). There is nothing to be added to the report for 1903. (ii) Haarlem (Village Management Board). (1) . The water-supply is good, and sufficient, being conveyed in open furrows from the river, which has its source from mountain springs. The source is situated partly within the area of the Local Authority, and entirely under its control. Water used for domestic puposes and irrigation is collected from the river and con¬ veyed in open furrows, the supply being adequate and pure, but liable to pollution. The Local Authority, however, takes every precaution against possible pollution. (2) . No system of collection and disposal of night-soil and household refuse exists. Night-soil and household refuse are buried in gardens and used as manure, and this system will continue until the Local Authority is in a position to put this system on a better footing. (3) . No infectious disease has prevailed in the village, and no serious steps have been taken for preventing outbreaks of infectious diseases, as this is an iso¬ lated community, and not greatly liable to infection from without. Government instructions in regard to infectious diseases are promptly carried out. (4) . Carcasses are conveyed a good distance from the village and buried. To prevent pollution of water, the furrows are cleansed twice a year, and wash¬ ing in the main watercourse or above is strictly prohibited under penalty. The houses and dwellings of the village are at considerable distances one from the other, and are kept clean by whitewashing, and are not overcrowded. (5) . Rats are not prevalent, and no steps have been taken by the Local Au¬ thority for their extermination. (6) . No Health Officer is employed by the Local Authority. Victoria East. Alice (Municipality). (1) , The water-supply is obtained from the Tyumie River, and is under the control of the Municipality, and is situated within the Municipal area. The water is taken out of the river'by open furrow. Except in dry seasons, the supply is more than sufficient for the use of the town, and is pure, but is liable to pollution, as all open furrows are. (2) . Night-soil is removed by contract, and is deposited in proper pits below the town. The pits are fenced in with a wire fence. Household and other refuse is also removed by contract, and deposited in pits outside of the town. (3) . During the last six months the health of the town has been good. There is no Infectious Diseases Hospital in the Municipality. (4) . A Water Eiscal and two men are employed to constantly attend to the water furrows, so as to keep them as clean as possible. Houses are not overcrowded. (5) . Rats are not very prevalent in the town ; the inhabitants do their best to exterminate them. (6) . The Municipality does not employ a Health Officer, [G. 35*—1904.] P](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31482004_0353.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
