[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Coventry County & City.

  • Coventry (England). County and City Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Coventry County & City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ABOLITION OF CESSPOOLS: DRAINAGE Further prog-ress can be recorded in the sanitary improvement of the Woodway Lane and Lentong Lane area as a result of the main sewerage facilities which are available in this part of the City. The full extent of the property owner’s co-operation, both private and municipal, in support of the efforts of the inspectorate to urbanize this outlying district will be appreciated from the progress achieved in this connection. Of the 324 dwelling houses situated in this area which were brought within the main sewerage scheme, practically 300 of them now enjoy the water carriage system of sewage disposal. This has involved the abolition of .186 offensive privies or pail closets and 46 cesspools. In some instances groups of dwelling houses were drained to one cesspool. Negotia- tions with owners are well advanced in respect to most of the remaining prop>erties with a view to completing this major scheme of sanitation in the near future. SANITARY PROVISION AND REFUSE DISPOSAL The estimated number of sanitary conveniences, privies and cesspools existing at the close of the year is shown below :— Dec. Dec. 1953. 1954. No. of water closets in houses, institutions, schools, factories, etc. ... ... ... 98,945 106,684 No. of privy closets ... ••. •.• 78 78 No. of pail closets ... ... ••• ••• 262 257 No. of cesspools ... ... ... ... 344 338 Refuse collection and disposal are carried out under the direction of the City Engineer. Most of the refuse is disposed of by controlled tipping, the remainder being destroyed by incinera- tion at the City’s refuse destructor. The quantity of refuse collected during the year was 70,803 tons; of this quantity 16,775 tons were disposed of by incineration and 54,027 tons disposed of by controlled tipping. The progress achieved during the year in the Walsgrave and Hawkesbury districts included the abolition of five pail closets, for which five new water closets connected to the main drainage system were provided. Six cesspools were also abolished. The supply of water to a dwelling house for domestic purposes was found by analysis to be seriously polluted. Following representations to the property owner, the well was dispensed wjth and mains water laid on. DUSTBINS The provision of dust bins to private dwelling houses is effected through the discretionary powers contained in Section 75(i) of the Public Health Act, 1936. To this end both the owner and occupier are requested to furnish certain relevant information upon which a full report is submitted to the Health Committee on