[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcester City.

  • Worcester (England). City Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    s . 1 trie The results of the sand filtration were quite good throe ’• 008010 HDThV/ 07/J SBfl 1 & ml most of the veari When the temperature of the water : irisqp menj qse>I qj feDnUi roi near freezing point, uni c r o - o r g an i s m s are found in -,v 7 ri i' fri r;ob qmamk ri :so 1f? t j filtered water in increased numbers,! and also Bacilli Col: fH lofnorrijjso'ij ‘leirme 7a doj Tneneei On six occasions the latter numbered more than five oer lo oa arioiiiDnoo :Ti5a3lc( 100 c.c. of the water, and on four of these dates in February^the' River water was turbid and the temperature . low. In 33 samples examined no Bacilli Coli were found in ioo c.c., a good prbof of the excellency of the filtration. on in bi no sv/On ooriotif brik ;s r,t ihomiooz oM o Drainage and Sewerage.—All the houses are provided with water closets having flushing cistern\and connected with the sewers, with the following exceptions :—There are 26 privies and 55 pail closets, also 67 houses having water closets not connected with the City sewers. All these houses are in districts not yet sewered, as Tollaaine Road, Astwood Road, Blackpole Road, and part of the Malvern iRoad area added to the City in 1914. * * « • . ♦ ‘ * f f » 4iA 'nrll \ 4 •.» C Ct During the yeT?,fI2-4 houses in Claines which were added do the City in ipiqPwere connected with the City see Fifty-two houses in fhfsGame area are as yet hriprOVftk with flushing cisdCrns on the closets. ,,-T Serious nuisance has occurred from time to time in [Astwood and Blackpole Roads from overflow low.; I _ . fv oo f!l.fs f F f -V) f f f f I * KFA ^ f f t. if/ C L<J # tesspits of Ilduses/nTiiMggfs To sewer into which tl louses can drain, and ^fflouglkappiicafion fob lewers in this district'°fla^^bC^nT^ade^fbTfe',),PrnVirstf5'J--