[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Worsley U.D.C.

  • Worsley (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Worsley U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sanitary Administration. Source of Water Supply?—Holton and Manchester Corporations. What is its condition?—Good. Possibilities of contamination!—None. Any insufficiency, and where?—None. Approx. No. of dwelling- houses supplied—Direct, 3,691. Rivers and Streams—Action taken with regard to Pollution, &c.—Surface water courses, including culverts and open streams, are periodically cleaned. Sewage Disposal Works. Method of Treatment?—Tanks and Broad Irrigation. What is the character of the Drainage System?—Separate Gravitation. Areas, or Townships, without proper drainage system: A few houses in Manchester rd. (arrangements made for completing). Action taken—Drain Testing, Flushing, &c.—Periodical Flushing and testing. Closets and Ashpits. Privy Middens:—Number of Middens?— 600. Number of Closets attached to these Middens?—1,215. Number of Pail Closets?—6. Fresh Water Closets?—2,426. Waste Water Closets?—46. Number of Dry Ashpits (excluding Middens)?—564. Number of Portable receptacles for refuse?—1,908. Number of Privy Closets converted during 1925?—To Fresh W.C.’s, 200; to Waste W.C.’s, none; to Pails, &c., none. Number of Pail Closets converted to Fresh W.C.’s?—None; to Waste W.C.’s?—None. Number of Waste W.C.’s converted to Fresh W.C.’s?—None. Does Council contribute towards the cost of conversion?—No. What kind of closet accommodation is being provided for new property?—Fresh Water Flush W.C.’s. Special effort to abolish privy middens and pail closets.—Procedure under Section 36, 1875. Scavenging—Character and efficiency of the arrangements for Scavenging and Removal and Disposal of House Refuse for whole of district.— All Refuse collected by Local Authority, with an efficient staff. Ashbins cleared once per week, privy middens and ashpits approximately once in six weeks. How performed (state whether by Sanitary Authority, Contract, or Occupiers of Houses)?—Sanitary Authority. Are Motor Vehicles used ?—Yes. If Privy Middens exist, are they emptied by day or night?—Day. How is the Refuse disposed of?—Tips and farm land. Has a Destructor been provided?—No. Sanitary Inspections 1925.—Number of premises visited, 940. Defects or Nuisances discovered, 522. Number abated, 503. Notices served, Informal, 442 ; Statutory, 80. Legal proceedings—None.