[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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    Disposal of Refuse.—With the completion of the two Destructors, the difficulty of disposing of the refuse now appears to have been overcome. With the exception of a small quantity collected at Bulwell, the whole of the dry ashes and refuse, other than manure, has been destroyed. The Eastcroft Destructor has lieen at work 4,879 hours, and has consumed 24,284 tons, 4 cwts., 3 qrs., as against 24,764 tons during 1904. It has produced 1,085,470 Units of Electricity, and evaporated 6,186,470 gallons of water. Of the above refuse, 2,852 tons were brought by rail from Basford at a cost of £175. The Radford Destructor has been at work throughout the year, but only working nine hours per day. 7,695 tons of refuse have been destroyed, and 2,727 tons of clinker and flue dust have been produced. The disposal of the clinker is now our greatest difficulty, owing to there being no demand for it, and no land in the Radford district available as a tip. The demand for night-soil has again been much greater than the supply, with the result that you have been able to dispense with the services of both salesmen, and also to raise the price of the material by threepence per ton, and at the present time we are booked up with orders for the next three months. During the year the night-soil sold as manure has been trans¬ ported as follows :—By boat, 11,823 tons ; l^y rail, from Eastcroft, 13,728 tons ; from Basford, 6,503 tons ; and from Radford, 6,573 tons ; by traction engine from Eastcroft, Radford, and Basford, 8,280 tons; taken direct to farms by drays, 4,229 tons, and carted by farmers, from Radford, 400 tons. This gives a total of 51,536 tons, being 2,635 tons less than the previous year, but 4,310 tons more than in 1902. The following table shows the quantities of night-soil sent out by rail and boat during the past 11 years :— The whole of the refuse received at the Eastcroft (excepting that from pail closets) is weighed, and the figures for the past four years are as follows :— 1902 1903 1904 1905 Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Dry Ashes 10,898 11,901 14,139 13,959 Wet Ashpit Refuse 1,981 1,517 1,242 1,373 Trade Refuse (General)., 2,629 3,397 3,687 3,283 Trade Refuse (Butchers, &c.) 2,038 2,430 2,597 2,383 Ashes from Basford & Bulwell 1,830 4,884 3,251 2,852 Rammel from Radford.. 612 1,074 126 — Totals ... .. 19,988 25,203 25,042 23,850