[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Atherton U.D.C.

  • Atherton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Atherton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. Water Supply. The town’s water is derived in bulk from the Manchester and Bolton main supplies. Each house is connected to the mains and has its own internal supply of water of good quality, which is maintained at constant pressure. The water is bacteriologically examined and analysed at Man Chester and Bolton at regular intervals; 54 local samples being so examined during the year under review. There is a slight tendency to plumbo solvent action, for which it is treated by the supplying authorities before delivery to our mains. The tii lining of all lead service piping is insisted upon. Streams. Streams within the district are examined periodically to prevent pollution. There are no dye or artificial silk works in Atherton. Drainage and Sewterage. The drainage and sewerage is of the type known as the Combined System. Extensions to include housing estates were made during the year. Sewage is dealt with by the. Leigh Sewerage Board. Sanitary Accommodation. At the end of 1956 the approximate numbers and types of closet accommodation were as follows, viz.: — Number of Privy Middens . Nil Number of Closets attached to these Middens Nil Number of Pail Closets 5 Number of Trough Closets 7 (at schools) Number of Waste Water Closets 673 Number of Fresh Water Closets 7061 Number of Dry Ashpits Nil Number of movable Ashbins 6678 Number of Houses on Water Carriage System * 6506 Conversions during 1955:— Number of Privy Closets to Pail Closets Nil Number of Waste Water Closets to Fresh Water Closets 64 Number of Trough Closets to Fresh Water Closets ,.... Nil The Council’s scheme for the conversion of waste water closets was suspended by the Ministry of Health on the outbreak of war in 1939. An application for permission to resume the conversion of defective and broken waste water closets was allowed during 1952, the Council now making a contribution of £9 towards the cost of each conversion.