Annual medical report / East Africa Protectorate.

  • East Africa Protectorate. Medical Department.
Date:
[1917]
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Credit: Annual medical report / East Africa Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE IV.—continued. 8.—LATRINES. For Males. For Females. Number. Number of Seats. Number. Number of Seats. Number of public latrines :— Euro pean. 1915 . 23 202 1 2 1916 . 26 210 1 2 1917 . 28 226 1 2 Number of new public latrines erected during the year :— 1915 ..; . 11 104 £ ® C 1916 . 1 8 1917 . 2 16 I'S $ Number of public latrines repaired 12 o3 >-3 rr Co o 2 a Sh - during the year :— 1915 .. • . 1 8 O i CC L>- .3 A 1916 . CO 1917 . 4 64 £ o Number of public latrines demolished - 't! H ts a 9 during the year :— ci O .2«i° . 1915 . 1 4 r-r O a V -r* V 1916 . 1917 . ... . . . Pu Asial used femal ... ■ 1915. 1916. 1917. Number of private latrines 2,283 2,372 2,482 Average number of pails of night-soil daily removed... 2,283 2,372 2,482 Average number of soiled pails removed and clean pails substituted ... Number of night-soil men employed to clean latrines and to remove excreta ... 92 (87 91 Number of cesspools 55 9 5 Number of cesspools cleaned 55 9 5 Number of new cesspools constructed during the year • . . ... Number of old cesspools abolished 31 46 4 Number of cesspools oiled regularly by Department ... ... ... ... 9.—REMOVAL OF REFUSE. - 1915. 1916 1917. Number of dustbins 1,307 1,310 1,381 Number of carts at work daily to remove refuse from streets 10 10 10 (includi ng 6 sludge carts) Amount of refuse removed daily 20 20 20 (mcludin g 12 loads sludge) Number of carts at work daily to remove refuse from yards and premises 19 19 22 Amount of refuse removed daily from yards and premises 36 36 40 Number of men employed for removing refuse 83 83 88