[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Warrington County Borough.

  • Warrington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Warrington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with those of districts where other conditions are similar, but in which the conservancy method of excre¬ ment disposal is in vogue. And apart from benefit to health, the Board would remind the Council that the cost of scavenging is as a rule considerably reduced by the conversion of closets of the conservancy type to the water carriage system. Having regard to the nuisance inseparable from conservancy methods of excrement disposal, and to the other consideration men¬ tioned above, the Board direct me to urge the Council to take into consideration a regular system of conver¬ sion in connection with the question of re-sewering the Borough.” As a result of this a Sub-Committee, consisting of Repre¬ sentatives from the Health, Paving and Sewage, Water and Sanitary Works Committees, was formed to consider the ques¬ tion. Nothing was done, however, owing to the outbreak of the war. In the last report on Sanitary Conveniences in Urban Districts issued by the Board, Warrington occupies the un¬ enviable position of having the greatest proportion of pail closets among the 95 great towns. In fact, 94.6 per cent, were pail closets, compared with 5.4 per cent, on the water carriage system. The proportion in some of the neighbouring towns was: — St. Helens 55% dry system. W igan 58% ,, ,, Stockport 31% ,, ,, Salford 8% ,, ,, Oldham 15% ,, ,, Bolton 46% ,, ,, In recent years many towns have tackled the problem and made great progress with the work of conversion to the water carriage system. During the past three years, for instance, Nottingham have converted 30,000 pail closets. St. Helens Wigan Rochdale W olverhampton South Shields Middlesbrough ,, y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y 1,390 ,, 2,600 ,, 4,090 ,, 4,875 ,, 3,700 „ 13,133 ,, y y yy yy y y y y yy whilst Warrington during this period have converted none at all. (For further particulars see table appended at the end of this report.)