[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrowford U.D.C.

  • Barrowford (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrowford U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    XrisAXCi'.s. Si.\(.\'-()nc notices ol nuisances were served, l)ut no lef^al process was rendered necessary. One hundred and eight nuisances were abated through the ;iction of the Local Authority. ('Losins .\xi) Asiiiu'is. 'I'hcre arc thirty-one privy middens, with fourteen closets attached. Tliere are twenty pail closets, and seven hundred and eighty-two dry ashjats. There are one hundred anfl ninet}^ fresh-water closets, S'f8 waste -water closets, 329 portable receptacles for refuse. All new property will be provided with fresh w.c.’s. Smoke Nuis.xxces. No obseivations have been made, and no legal proceedings taken. The time limit allowed for the emission of black smoke is ten minutes per hour. He.-vltii AuTHORrriES. The Authorities adopted are :—“ The Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1890,” and “ The Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890.” Public He.vlth St.-vfe. The Medical Oflicer of Health ; Alfred E. Seller, F.R.I.P.H. etc. The .services of the iM.O.H. are part time. The Sanitary Inspector, Thomas Cyril Slack, M.R. San. Inst. These services are also part time. Housixg. hdve new houses liave been erected during the year bv private enter]irisc. Thirteen houses were inspected for sanitary infringements (under Public Health or Housing .-\cts). 'riiirly-one houses wc-re inspected under the 1 lousing (Insi)ection of Disti'ict) Regulations, 1910, and lhe.se ins[)eclions were fully recorded as' directed by the regulations. Sex’en delectwe dwellinghouses ha\'e been rendered fit in consequcmcc of informal action by the IhD.C. or its officers. No formal notices were served.