[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Stockbridge (Union) R.D.C.

  • Stockbridge (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Stockbridge (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Surface Water. Th e difficulty in getting rid of surface water in, the law-lying districts still exists, and the wet seasons. we .so constantly haive now considerably aggravate the. trouble. Drainage. I)minis and gutters have been laid to the Test* for tne conveyance of surface waiter. There is noi general systetn of sewerage.. Cesspits, with overflows, are. in general use', and the bucket system still prevails in the cottages, while ashpits and vaults are not uncommon. Isolation Hospital. There isj no. Isiolafion, Hospital for thei general usei of the District, but I have been successful in arranging with .cue Andover _ui strict Council to take in—on paymenti—any very bad infectiousi case, when they could do so without, inter¬ fering with the accommodation required for' their own patients. Of course, the Stoekb ridge. District is too small for it to be possible for the Council to run a Hospital for their own use only. Disinfection is carried out by means of the Linger apparatus, as recommended by the County Medical Officer. Formalin and methylated spirit (the latter mineralised) are used. Housing Scheme. Overcrowding continues to a great, extent in the District., though it is hoped toi relieve the trouble* to a slight extent by the. adoption) by the Council of a, Housing Scheme, whereby 20 new houses are to be built, at a rental of 7/6 and 8/- per week, rates to be- paid by the tefnants.
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