[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Adwick-le-Street U.D.C.

  • Adwick le Street (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Adwick-le-Street U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE. The whole of the sewerage in the Council’s area is treated at Doncaster Road Works. The Skellow Sewage Works are only used for the treatment of storm water. The Works are satisfactory, and no complaints have been received from the West Riding Rivers Board. CLOSET ACCOMMODATION. No. of Privies ... ... ... ... ... 10 No. of Pail and Tub Closets ... ... ... 4 No. of Water Closets (566 Houses have two Water Closets each) ... ... ... ... 4965 No. of Dry Ashpits ... ... ... ... ... Nil No. of School Refuse Pits ... ... ... ... Nil The Privy Middens are attached to old and isolated properties, where water and drainage are not available for conversion. The four pail closets are in Doncaster Lane. SCAVENGING. This is done by the Council. The house refuse from sanitary dust-bins is collected by motors and tipped in thin layers on the Council’s tips at Adwick and Carcroft. All refuse is collected twice weekly by motor vans, and the privy middens emptied monthly, amounting during the year to 8,776 loads at a total cost of £3,025 4s. 2Jd., or 4/7 per ton. There have been no complaints. SANITARY INSPECTION ON THE AREA. Return made to the Medical Officer of Health by the Sanitary Inspector under Article 18 of the Sanitary Officers’ Regulations, 1935. No. of Inspections made ... ... ... ... 968 No. of Informal Notices served ... ... ... 175 No. of Informal Notices outstanding, Dec., 1937 Nil No. of Informal Notices complied with ... ... 33 No. of Informal Notices complied with ... ... 133 No. of Informal Notices outstanding, Dec., 1938 42 No. of Statutory Notices served ... ... ... 68 No. of Statutory Notices outstanding, Dec., 1937 Nil No. of Statutory Notices complied with ... ... 47 No. of Statutory Notices outstanding, Dec., 1938 21 No. of Nuisances found in 1938 ... ... ... 393 No. of Nuisances abated ... ... ... ... 330 No. of Nuisances outstanding, 1937 ... ... 1 No. of Nuisances outstanding, 1938 ... ... 64