Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Bow District, comprising the Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow
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Any bedding that is destroyed is burned in the open air, there
being no destructor for that purpose.
The men engaged in handling infected clothing have no convenience
for washing themselves until they get home.
The removal truck needs repair badly.
The yard is nearly wholly lumbered up with materials used for
road-making.
The adjoining premises are used as a dust wharf, and there is a
large accumulation of dust, extending the whole length of our yard,
and piled above and against the party fence to such a height that
quantities have often to be shovelled back to enable the truck used
for the removal of bedding access to and from apparatus.
A plan of the premises accompanies this report.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
W. BOYCE,
Inspector No. 3.
Offices, Clerk, Shelter for Families while Houses are
being disineected, etc.
I can only say that the present office accommodation is insufficient
even for the Inspectors, and that there is none at all for me. If I
might, I would suggest an office for my Inspectors alone, and a room
for myself; or if space will not permit the latter, I shall be happy
to do my work at home, as I have always done."
Most of the matters here alluded to have either been dealt with
or are at the present time receiving the careful consideration of the
Committee, but I may remark that the appointment of an additional
Sanitary Inspector for the sub-district of Bow, will in my opinion be
attended with the best results.
Board Schools in Bow.
During the year, especially in the summer and at the time of the