[Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Paul U.D.C.

  • Paul (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1894
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Credit: [Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Paul U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Urban District Council. Gentlemen, I beg to present my report for the year 1894. Inspection of the District. During the year I have periodically and systematically inspected all parts of the district. Over 500 premises have been inspected by myself or the Sanitary Inspector. The Recent Flood. During the recent flood at Street-an-No wan, Newlyn, 26 premises where visited, and the following are the notes I made:— Nov. 12th to llfth.—The Couibe and Houses beyond, flooded. Nov. 16th.—Water off the road. „ 19th.—Mud and water now out of houses. ,, 22nd.—Houses undergoing active repairs by landlords; partitions being restored, floors relaid, &c. A few tenants still displaced from homes. West bank of river being temporarily repaired. Shortened end of sewage pipe from houses opposite opens into large stagnant pool by river-side, close to St. Peter’s Bridge. ,, 29th.—Pipe opens into closed wooden conduit which conducts contents to river-bed. No special sickness appears to have been occasioned by flood, but it is to be hoped that the above mentioned pipe will be permanently restored, and the pool removed at an early date, in the process of repair of this portion of the river-bank. House Accommodation and Repairs. Four new houses have been built at Newlyn ; one at Mousehole. This leaves the accommodation much as it was. Close packing is common, but pronounced overcrowd¬ ing rare. Two houses have been laundered ; 25 pail-closets and 2 water-closets have been erected. Inn Closets and Harbour Urinals. A urinal has been added at the Keigwin Arms, Mousehole. The 4 public urinals on the Harbour Pier at Newlyn, remain in the same unsatisfactory condition, noted in my last year’s Report—ill-adapted, unflushed, unlit. Drainage. The lower part of Wesley Court, Mousehole, has been drained by your Authority, after persistent refusal of the owner to move in the matter, and the condition of the surface and of the atmosphere has been considerably improved. I desire to call your attention to the premises at the Gernick, Mousehole, occupied by Jno. Maddern and owned by Joseph Matthews. A collection of straw,