Medical and sanitary report / Government of the Gold Coast.

  • Gold Coast. Medical Department.
Date:
[1912]
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Credit: Medical and sanitary report / Government of the Gold Coast. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Action Taken :— Number of Prosecutions. Number demolished. Huts. Houses. Huts. Houses. 1910 . 1911 . 1912 . 2 nil 2 nil 6. Markets. Total number. Number paved and Number unpaved. drained. 1910 . 1911 . 1912 . 1 nil 1 7. Slaughter-houses. Total number. Number paved and drained. Number unpaved. 1910 . 1911 . 1912 . *2 2 nil * 1 not yet in use. 8. Latrines. For Males. For Females. N umber. Number of seats. Number. dumber of seats. Number of Public Latrines :— 1910 ... 1 911 A t/ A a • • • ••• ••• . • • • ••• 1912. 9 54 8 48 Number of new Public Latrines erected during the year:— 1910 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 911 t/ A A • • « ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 1912. nil nil nil nil Number of Public Latrines repaired during the year:— 1910 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1911 . 1912 . nil nil 2 nil Number of Public Latrines demolished during the year :— 1910 . 1911 . 1912 . nil nil nil nil 1910. 1911. 1912. Number of Private Latrines ... Average number of pails of nightsoil removed daily ... Average number of soiled pails removed and clean pails substituted Number of nightsoil men employed to clean latrines and remove excreta Number of cesspools Number of cesspools cleansed ... Number of new cesspools constructed during the year Number of old cesspools abolished Number of cesspools oiled regularly by Department... 79 118 nil 8 2