[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley UDC 1905].

  • Wembley (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley UDC 1905]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Houses at present in use are kept in fairly good order and might well be allowed to remain till our population has doubled. But it should be understood that the re¬ gular and proper inspection of meat is hardly possible under present conditions. The Bakehouses are five in number, are usually found in satisfactory condition. FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT. The provisions of this Act are being complied with, you will find the list of inspections made in tabular form at the end of this report. THE PIGGERIES. I am more than ever impressed with the notion that the piggeries that exist in our midst should be sup¬ pressed whenever the opportunity presents. I am con¬ vinced that the majority of the owners have either no in¬ tention of observing ordinary precautions or are incapable of learning new methods of insuring cleanliness on their premises. The construction of the sties themselves is frequently faulty, the mode of feeding is beastly and al¬ together as carried on in Alperton and Preston it is a barbaric and loathsome form of industry that should not be tolerated in this Twentieth Century in an Urban District in close proximity to a growing residential neighbour¬ hood. The Sewage Farm continues to be worked econo¬ mically and, I believe, the effluent is always satisfactory. The system consists of open septic tanks in combina¬ tion with BACTERIA BEDS and LAND AERATION. SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS. Unemployed. We have heard much of other Districts having a large number of unemployed, but I do not think we have