[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C.

  • Liskeard (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rate per 1,000 of population Liskeard R.D. Health Area No. 7 New cases All known cases Deaths 0.65 4.83 0.07 0.77 6.23 0.06 At the end of 1959 there were 59 known cases of respiratory tuberculosis and 8 known cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis residing in the Rural District. National Assistance Act, 1948. No action under Section 47 of this Act was called for during 1959. Water Supply. With the exception of the parish of Menheniot most parts of the Rural District now enjoy adequate and reliable supplies of whole¬ some water. Now that the previous uncertainty about the administration of water supply matters has been resolved by the formation of the new East Cornwall Water Board it is hoped that the benefits now enjoyed by the rest of the Rural District will be extended to Menheniot, and those few other localities which at present are without satisfactory water supplies. Sewerage and Sewage Disposal. There was good progress in this sphere of activity during 1959. The scheme at Dobwalls was completed and brought into action during the year, a beginning on the scheme for Menheniot village was made during the summer and towards the end of the year a tender for schemes in Lanreath, Duloe, and Tredinnick was accepted by the Council. There are still many villages and hamlets where the coming of adequate supplies of piped water and the consequent increase in the volume of sewage produced is creating problems which will have to be solved by the provision of proper systems of sewerage and sewage disposal. At the present time the most pressing need exists in the large inland village of Pensilva, and the Chief Public Health Inspector mentions many other localities in which similar problems on a smaller scale will have to be faced in the next five years. Food. A reasonably good standard was achieved, and maintained in all premises in which food was handled and prepared in the Rural District, and owners and managers of such premises were generally co-operative in adapt¬ ing and improving food handling arrangements to ensure hygienic handling of food. No cases of food poisoning were notified in the Rural District during 1959. Factories Acts, 1937 to 1959. The operation of these Acts in the Rural District caused no difficulty during 1959. Public Swimming Baths. There are no public swimming baths in the Liskeard Rural District. Report of Chief Public Health Inspector. This report by Mr. G. Rogers follows. I am happy to place on record my thanks to Mr. Rogers, and his assistants Mr. Lawry and Mr. Cowling, for the help I have had from them during the past year. REPORT OF THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR Before writing my section of the Annual Report for the year 1959 I took the opportunity of perusing the Annual Reports of previous years, which are in my office. The first one available was for the year 1912 and the factor of comparison with 1959 was an indication of activity in the sphere of sewerage. During that year schemes were being drawn up and/or sewers laid in nine