[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham (England). City Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX B. From Mr. John Terry, Wharf Superintendent :— COLLECTION OF REFUSE. Pail Closets.—The pail closets now on the books number 37,048, as against 37,225 in 1904, and 37,432 in 1903. Of this number about 33,000 are now provided with galvanized steel pails, and the remaining 4,000 with wooden tubs, hut the whole of these will have been replaced in another six months. Each pail is brought to the depot to he emptied, and before being returned is washed out with a solution of Carbolic x\cid. There have been 2,561,426 pail emptyings during the year, equal to 49,258 per week, each pail being emptied on an average 69T3 times, as against 69'91 times during 1904. The following table gives a comparative statement of the number of pails emptied during the past 15 years :— Number of Pails Collected, 15 Years ending December 31st, 1905 Year. Nottingiia:m Baseord ' AND Bulwell. Badford AND Lenton. TOTAL. Weekly Average. 1891 1,593,674 560,127 432,324 2,496,125 48,002 1892 1,523,965 580,061 446,687 2,550,713 49,052 1893 1,525,804 587,718 443,960 2,557,482 49,182 1894 1,559,608 605,349 445,606 2,610,563 50,203 1895 1,594,130 631,219 432,450 2,657,799 51,111 189G 1,598,814 636,951 441,120 2,676,891 51,478 1897 1,568,172 636,744 444,859 2,649,775 50,957 1898 1,542,856 638,493 468,070 2,649,419 50,950 1899 1,529,546 637,420 478,475 2,645,441 50,874 1900 1,522,549 640,976 475,195 2,638,720 50,745 1901 1,510,423 640,653 476,124 2,627,200 50,523 1902 1,496,922 638,370 481,970 2,617,262 50,332 1903 1,488,385 641,390 482,289 2,612,064 50,232 1904 1,477,526 644,031 481,018 2,602,575 50,049 1905 1,450,262 636,981 474,180 2,561,426 49,258