[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicestershire / County of Leicester County Council.

  • Leicestershire (England). County Council.
Date:
1914
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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicestershire / County of Leicester County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Factory and Workshop Act: Twenty workshops (including 8 bake¬ houses) are registered in this District. Six nuisances were abated during the year. The number of outworkers is 356, in 187 houses. Two houses became infected. Water Supply: In 6 houses Leicester water was substituted for well water. Sewage Disposal: The whole of the sewers were periodically in¬ spected, flushed, and disinfected. A length of the main sewer leading from Old Wigston has been found defective, and is being renewed. The effluent from the Sewage Farm, discharging into the brook, is satisfactory. Scavenging: Carried out by the CounciFs own men. The Council have agreed (subject to approval of the Local Government Board) to purchase the farm at Newgate End, which they have occupied for the last eight years, as a depot for scavenging appliances and horses. Isolation Hospital: Twenty cases of infectious diseases were removed to the Isolation Hospital, being 11 Diphtheria and 9 Scarlet Fever. Other Features: Shortly after the outbreak of the war large num¬ bers of troops were billeted at South Wigston. Sanitary supervision was exercised as far as practicable, and the local sources of food supply were inspected.