[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Leigh R.D.C.

Leigh (Lancashire, England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1925

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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Leigh R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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RIVERS AND STREAMS. The ditches are cleaned out by the Council’s workmen. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE. Astley- The greater portion of the sewage is discharged into’ the sewage system of Tyldesley. A small portion is dealt with at a small sewage works of the Council, but a scheme is under consideration for pumping this sewage into the Tyldesley sewers. When this is completed, the township will be well sewered Culcheth.—A few houses in this township are connected to a small sewage bed in Glazehury. The sewage of the remainder is conveyed into sewage ditches and cesspools, and these are cleaned out regularly. Kenyon consists chiefly of scattered farms. The sewage is dis- charged into cesspools and sewage ditches. LiOwton.-—A large portion of this township is properly piped, and the sewage is conveyed to three small sewage works, but in the other portion of the township the sewage is discharged into open ditches. It has been recognized that the method in use is