[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashby-de-la-Zouch R.D.C.

  • Ashby-de-la-Zouch (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashby-de-la-Zouch R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCK RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFldER OF HEALTH for the year 1945. Public Health Staff. (1) Medical Officer of Health - A.McM.W.Segerdal, M.D., D.P.H. (2) Surveyor & Snitary Insnector - John P.Cook, Cert.R.S.I., M.S.I. - . (7) Additional Sanitary Inspector - E.Stansfield, Cert.R.S.I., M.S.I.A. To the Chairman and Members of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Rural District Council. Gentlemen, I beg to present my Annual Report on the sanitary state of your district for the year ending 31st December 1945, and I wish to express my thanks to Mr.J.F.Cook for his assistance, as many of the figures are taken from his annual summary. SECTION A. (1) Statistics and Social Conditions. Area 28,073 acres. Resident Population (R.G’s estimate) 13,110. Number of Inhabited Houses 3,732. Rateable Value £51,215. Sum represented by a Penny Rate £214. The chief industries in the area are:- (1) Agriculture, (2) Coalmining, (3) Op ;n-cast Coal Working, (4) Brickmaking, (5) Stoneware and Pipemaking and (5) Stone Quarrying. No particular industry was noted as having a specially injurious-effect on health during the year. There are Prisoner of War Camps (Italian) at Staunton Harold and Stretton-en-le-Field. Two hostels used by evacuees during the war viz: Heather Hall for Scabies and The Beeches, Ravenstone for Eneurisis, etc. were closed down during the year. 1