[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.
- Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![February, 1912. JOHN PENNY, Esq. D. Sc, M.B. F.R.S.E. Medical Officer of Health. Cockermouth Urban District Council. Dear Sir, I have pleasure in submitting to you my Annual Report for the year ending 31st December, 1911. Nuisances reported to Council ... 183 do. Notices complied with ... 179 DETAILS OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENT WORK. Defective drains repaired, cleansed, etc. ... 29 Premises entirely re-drained ... ... 2 New soil pipes hxed ... ... ... 2 Cesspools repaired ... ... ... 1 Defective or dirty w. c. pans cleaned, repaired, ] or pans replaced by new ones J ,, Flushing cisterns repaired... ... 5 ,, Downspouts or eaves repaired ... 3 ,, Yard gullies and sink wastes repaired 54 ,, and insufficient water supplies remedied 12 No. of Cowsheds lirnewashed ... ... 9 Carcase of sheep buried ... .. 1 FOOD STUFFS SEIZED AND DESTROYED. In May four boxes of smoked haddocks, and in July twenty boxes of kippers were seized and destroyed as they were found to be unfit for human consumption. The Longcroft Tannery, Windmill Lane, is now unoccupied and the Gut Scraper’s business which was also carried on at these premises has been removed to Waterloo Street. PLANS. During the year eleven Plans were passed by the Council—one for the conversion of offices into a dwelling- house and ten for additions or alterations to premises. WATER SUPPLY. At the beginning of the year a large portion of the water mains in the town were scraped by means of the “ Power Cleer ” machine, with the result that no further complaints of lack of pressure during the summer months were received from residents of houses situated in the high lying portions of the town.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29118128_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
