[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.

  • West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1900
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Credit: [Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There are now 35 shippons in the township containing 1G7 cows; 30 shippons being supplied with Southport Waterworks water, and 5 with well water. Smoke Testing. The smoke testing of drains is still being frequently used with good results. Well Waters. Three samples have been taken, and the Southport Waterworks Company’s water supplied in lieu thereof. WAter Certificates. Seven new premises have been supplied by the Waterworks Company’s water, and the usual certificates accordingly granted. Slaughter House. In June a slaughter house, situated in the poorer part of the township (as mentioned in my last report), was reported upon and ordered to be closed. The occupier being allowed three months’ time to remove therefrom. At the expiration of this period a further three months was allowed pending the completion of a new building for this purpose. This building, which is now nearly completed, is situated at the extreme eastern boundary of the township, in the agricultural part thereof, and in a part well suited for its position and adaptability. Offal Deposit on Shore. In the month of May, deposits of sheep and oxen intestines, and litter, etc., together with the dead carcases of sheep, were left by the receding tide on the shore. Special visits were made to the shore respecting the same, and a special report on the matter submitted to the Parochial Committee. On the 6th of the same month (Sunday) I received a visit from one of the Board of Agriculture’s Inspectors to whom my report was submitted, and who expressed himself in accordance therewith.