Mr. Spear's report to the Local Government Board upon a prevalence of typhoid fever locally ascribed to certain slaughter-house premises at New Brighton, near Birkenhead.

  • Spear, John.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Mr. Spear's report to the Local Government Board upon a prevalence of typhoid fever locally ascribed to certain slaughter-house premises at New Brighton, near Birkenhead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX. Fever Prevalence in the Wallasey U.S.D. Deaths. — 1884. 1885. 1886. 18S7. 1888. ng o rE. H “ Fever ” (other or doubtful sorts). Typhoid. Jh <D <V j Typhoid. _ “Fever.” Typhoid. “Fever.” Typhoid. U O >■ 0> Liscard(with New Brighton) 3 — — — 1 — 2 2 6 — Seacombe cum Poulton 3 — 3 — 2 — 8 1 3 — Wallasey - — 1 — — 1 — — — — — Available Returns of Sickness. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. Typhoid. Q> > o Typhoid. “ Fever.” Typhoid. o> > <D Typhoid. £ o> ;> P^ H3 *2 O. “ Fever.” Liscard (with New Brighton) 7 6 5 1 1 6 8 — 20 — Seacombe cum Poulton 2 15 9 6 13 12 24 — 15 _ Wallasey - — 1 j — 4 1 2 ~ 1 Extract from Prefatory Memorandum to Model Byelaws (Series VI.) issued by the Local Government Board for the use of Urban Sanitary Authorities, 25th July 1877. “But as regards premises for which, under section 126, the licence of the Sanitary Authority will be required, the Board have been advised that, in the exercise of the discretionary power of licensing whjch has been conferred upon the Sanitary Authority, the following rules as to site and structure should influence their decision upon each application for a licence: 1. The premises to be erected, or to be used and occupied as a slaughter-house, should not be within 100 feet of any dwelling-house ; and the site should be such as to admit of free ventilation by direct communication with the external air on two sides at least of the slaughter-house. 2. Lairs for cattle in connexion with the slaughter-house should not be within 100 feet of a dwelling-house. 3. The slaughter-house should not in any part be below the surface of the adjoining ground. 4. The approach to the slaughter-house should not be on an incline of more than one in four, and should not be through any dwelling-house or shop.