[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough.

  • Middlesbrough (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The attention of the Borough Engineer has been called to the following defects : Apparently dangerous structures .. .. 52 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 19 Number of Housing Cards compiled 1932 1933. 1,113 2,666 CARAVANS. The number of caravans within the Borough has remained fairly stationary, although the occupation of these houses on wheels has been discouraged on every possible occasion, as I feel that the same should be gradually put out of use as houses become available. Sections 246 and 247 of the Middlesbrough Corporation Act, 1933, will prevent any further Caravans from parking on land ; these Sections come into operation on the 1st April, 1934, and are long overdue. VERMINOUS PREMISES. During the year numerous complaints have been received from occupiers that their houses are infested with vermin (bugs, fleas, etc.) Each complaint was investigated and advice given as to the most effective method of destruction. Every assistance is given to persons willing to help themselves, but in 4 instances it was necessary to serve Cleansing Orders under Section 46 of the Public Health Act, 1925, upon the occupiers. The Department sprayed 100 houses infested with vermin with an effective solution. Section 264 of the Middlesbrough Corporation Act, 1933, gives the Local Authority additional powers to deal with those houses which, although not ver¬ minous, are in such a dirty condition as to be a danger and menace to health. SANITARY CONVENIENCES. There are now 110 privy closets in existence and 8 ashpits. Nile Street area . . .. . . .. .. 87 Added area (also 8 ashpits) . . .. .. . . 23 INFECTIOUS DISEASES. During the year 1,189 houses have been inspected, incurring 213 re-inspections, as compared with 697 inspections and 126 re-inspections last year, owing to cases of