[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough.

  • Halifax (England). County Borough Council. nb2008024085.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Sanitary Inspectors paid 23 visits to the outworkers. The number of underground bakehouses is now 2q, a decrease of one during the year. To the bakehouses 112 visits were paid during the year, and the following table gives the number and character of the defects reported, ,and the number remedied : — Nature of Defects. Number Reported Number Remedied. Bakehouses requiring limewashing 14 14 Defective drain 4 4 Dirty doors 4 4 Total 22 22 Only one visit was paid to Ice Cream makers during the year, this (having resulted from the fact that the manufacture of ice cream was practically non-existent during the year. The number of offensive trades carried on in the Borough was as follows : — Bone Boilers ... 3 Blood Boilers ... 1 Soap Boilers ... 2 Tripe Boilers ... 10 Total 16 These premises have been kept under supervision, and no complaints were received regarding them during the year. There were 692 specimens examined in the Public Health Laboratory, against 397 during the previous year. The following table gives details regarding the specimens examined : — Disease. No. of Specimens. Positive Negative. Tuberculosis (Sputum)... 455 103 352 Do. (Urine) ... 7 1 6 Diphtheria (Swabs) 170 48 122 Typhoid) (Widals) 4 • • • 4 Blood 8 • • • • • • Other Examinations 48 ... ... Total 692 152 484