Annual medical and sanitary report / Uganda Protectorate.

  • Uganda Protectorate. Medical Department.
Date:
[1916]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Uganda Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9. Removal of Refuse. — 3914. 1915. 1916. Number of dustbins ... No record No record No record Number of carts at work daily to remove refuse from streets 7 8 10 Amount of refuse removed daily ... 21 cartloads 34 cartloads 52 cartloads Number of carts at work daily to remove refuse from yards and premises 7 8 10 Amount of refuse removed daily from yards and premises 15 17 20 Number of men employed for removing refuse 32 50 65 10. Mode of Disposal of Excreta, Refuse and Offal. Daily average number of pails of excreta. Daily average number of cartloads of refuse. Daily average number of cartloads of Slaughter House and Market Offal. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1914. 1915. 1916. Buried or trenched 743 801 830 Burnt • . . , ,, . . . 31 32 50 2 2 2 Thrown into sea ... • . . . . . . . . ... * - . ... ... Otherwise dealt with ... ... . . . ... ... ... 11. Average Daily Number of Cartloads of Tin Cans, Bottles, Broken Crockery, and other Incombustible Material Removed from Houses, Huts, and Compounds. 1914. 1915. 1916. 2 2 2 12. Water Supply. Nature of Water Supply. 1914. 1915. 1916. Pipe-borne water :— Source (river, lake, or spring) :— Number of linear yards ... ... • • • Number of stand-pipes along roads ... ... , , , Number of stand-pipes in compounds and houses... • . * ... ... Wells Public :— Number 5 5 5 Number protected against surface water 5 5 5 Private :— Number Number protected against surface water and 2 2 2 mosquito-protected 2 2 2 Tanks:— Public :— Number underground Number mosquito-protected and served by pumps... > Number above ground Number mosquito-protected j- Nil Nil Nil Number of 400 gallons capacity or less i Number above 400 gallons J Private :— Number underground 5 6 9 Number mosquito-protected 5 6 9 Number above ground 98 110 115 Number mosquito-protected 87 105 110 Number of 400 gallons capacity or less 45 52 52 Number above 400 gallons 58 58 63 Nature of tank :— Wood Iron 98 108 113 Concrete 5 8 11 Barrels :— Number 16 12 15