Annual medical and sanitary report / Saint Vincent.
- Saint Vincent. Chief Medical Officer's Office.
- Date:
- [1930]
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Saint Vincent. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CAUSES OF DEATH.—Continued. 1 District. 2(South) District. 2 (North) District. 9 d District. 4 District. 5 District. Bequia and S. Grenadines District. Totals. Brought forward 198 89 49 110 110 61 46 663 XIV . External Causes. 168. Suicide by Strangulation 1 1 178. Burns 1 1 1 3 179. Scalds 1 1 185. Accidental Injury by Fall 1 1 1 3 XV. Ill Defined Diseases 1 . o 8 4 6 21 202 90 49 112 119 67 53 692 Still Births ... ... ... 110 Total Deaths ... ... ... 802 III. General Measures of Sanitation. Sewage Disposal. With the introduction of the new Sanitary Regulations in October desirable and necessary changes were effected in the regulations governing the removal and disposal of sewage matter in Kingstown. Here the pail system is in use and final disposal is carried out by dumping the materia] into the sea from the ends of conveniently placed piers. Heretofore the carriers were allowed to pi}7 their calling between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. ; and pails were not required by law to be covered. The new regulations fix the hours from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., and require that all pails be provided with close fitting covers so as to prevent the escape of offensive odours. The owners or agents of barracks and the occupiers of premises other than barracks are held responsible for the removal and disposal of sewage from their premises. Outride Kingstown and the sections of the Small Towns near the sea, the prevailing type of privy is the deep pit latrine. The Sanitary Department since its reorganisation in 1927 has caused 2,682 privies of all types to be built. This has been the result of notices and verbal di rections to householders. The Department is now requiring from the peasantry a more substantial structure than was formerly accepted. Permission was granted for the installa¬ tion of more septic tanks of which there are now 47. All are functioning satisfactorily, though at times handicapped by the intermittent supply of pipe borne water. A new public communal latrine over the sea at Chateaubelair was erected at a total cost of £106. Scavenging and Defuse Disposal. The system instituted in 1928 whereby all the streets in Kingstown are swept and cleansed and house refuse removed by 1 p.m. daily has been well maintained. In the Small Towns, street sweeping, weeding and the removal of house refuse- are carried on throughout the week. In Kingstown, unsightly boxes have given place to metal covered dust bins. Each householder is required to provide his own bin. The Department maintains public bins in the market square and along portions of the bay front. From the passing of the regulations 195 privately owned metal bins have been provided.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31497263_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
