[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Worsley U.D.C.

Worsley (England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1909

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INSPECTION AND ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES. In order to bring about the speedy removal of nuisances and insanitary conditions of premises. it is often desirable to serve the Statutory or Printed Notice under various Sections of the Public Health Acts ; in other cases it is found more expedient to obtain an interview with the owner or person responsible for the defects noted, and fully explain what is required. BLACK SMOKE ABATEMENT. I am pleased to report that in accordance with my predic- diction in my last Annual Report some improvement has taken place in regard to the emission of black smoke, two of the Manufacturers in East Ward having subitituted Electrical power in lien of Steam, and black smoke has been dispensed with. There are, however, several firms in the district who might, with advantage, take into consideration that black smoke is waste fuel, and ought not be allowed to pollute the atmosphere. Much can be accomplished by careful stoking. EMPTYING OF ASHPITS, BINS, etc. The emptying af Ashpits is by Contract, and new tenders were accepted during the year. The district is divided into five separate Contracts, extending over a wide area, and with increasing number of houses each year, and the special method of emptying closets into trollies, it is becoming apparent that the work will, in the near future, have to be dealt with directly by the Council’s own men, instead of by Contract The following tables gives cost of the work, coni pared with previous year. No. of Houses 1908. with privy- closets. with water closets. Amount of Contract. Walkden (Section No. 1) ... 776 92 £142 ,, (Section No. 2) ... 837 145 145 ,, (Section No. 3) ... 499 182 140 Boothstown ... 301 18 63 Worsley Village 87 120 39 2500 557 £529