Dr. E.P. Manby's report to the Local Government Board upon the sanitary circumstances and administrtion of the Holywell Registration District.

  • Manby, E.P. (Edward Petronell)
Date:
1910
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Credit: Dr. E.P. Manby's report to the Local Government Board upon the sanitary circumstances and administrtion of the Holywell Registration District. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lias borrowed from an ex-councillor. Under the byelaws swine may not be kept nearer to a dwelling than 30 feet. This is unduly near, considering the urban character of the populous part of the borough. The only provision in Flint for hospital isolation of cases of infectious sickness is two rooms in the old gaol. This is entirely unsuitable as a permanent arrangement, and it has not been made use of since 1907. The medical officer of health, Dr. J. H. Williams, and the inspector of nuisances, Mr. J. P. Humphreys, work well together. Dr. Williams has a good knowledge of his district but he keeps no books or records, except a register of infectious cases notified to. him. Mr. Humphreys holds the certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute, and he appears to do his work well. With more support from the Council Mr. Humphreys would, I think, be able to secure marked improvement in the sanitary condition of Flint. Recommendations. (1.) The modernisation of the water supply of the town proper, and the provision of a convenient supply for Mount Pleasant are urgently called for. Sustained endeavour should be made to bring about improvement in the water supply of the district known generally as Flint Mountain, so that residents thereabouts do not have to travel such unreasonable distances as at present to obtain water. (2.) The ToAvn Council should secure, as far as possible, the abolition of privy-middens in the town of Flint, and the substitution for them of water-closets. They should also see that the number of closets used in common is diminished. Ash-middens should be covered, or preferably they should be replaced by sanitary dustbins scavenged regularly. (3.) The Town Council should support their officers in a sustained endeavour to bring about the renovation, or demolition, of the many insanitary dwellings existing in the town, more especially in the areas mentioned in this report. (4.) The dairies, cowsheds and milkshops in the borough should receive systematic attention from the medical officer of health, and from the inspector of nuisances ; and in view of the importance of a 44 clean milk supply,” strict enforcement of the regulations should be insisted on. (5.) The common lodging-houses should be properly measured up, be registered, and be regularly inspected. The inspector of nuisances should be the inspector of common lodging-houses. (6.) Copies of byelaws in force in the borough should be available. A new byelaw relating to the keeping of swine should be adopted so that it is not possible to keep these animals upon the limited area of ground existing at the back of many houses in the urban portions of the borough. (7.) The Corporation should enter into combination with neighbouring councils to obtain the use of an efficient isolation hospital.