[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough.

  • Wallasey (England). Local Board.
Date:
1933
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    18/148 (page 16)
    CLOSET ACCOMMODATION. Practically every house in the Borough, with the exception of portions of the added areas, has water closet accommodation. When these areas were taken over it was found that the majority of the houses had cesspools or primitive privies. The latter have largely disappeared with the bungalows. The main sewering of the added areas is now practically completed, the houses formerly draining into cesspools will in increasing numbers drain into the sewers, and the cesspools will be demolished. During the last year, for example, 8 cesspools have been demolished. In addition 47 houses previously undrained have been drained into the sewer. SCAVENGING. The work of street scavenging is carried out under the direction of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor and is efficiently done. REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE. This work is carried out under the direction of the Superin¬ tendent of Cleansing. The following table gives particulars, not only as to the number of ashpits and bins in use, but as to the pits abolished during the past year. No. of Single Ashpits in use . 68 „ Double Ashpits. 103 ,, Bins in use . 26,584 ,, Pits abolished . 52 The policy of ashpit abolition is being steadily pursued. For many years past bins have been required in all new houses, and these are emptied weekly. The whole of the combustible refuse is taken to the Refuse Disposal Works, and there burned, with the exception of the refuse collected in the added areas ol Leasowe and Moreton. In these districts the dry refuse is being deposited on the lower part of Upton Park by means of controlled tipping, and the wet refuse from pails is delivered to various farms in the district whenever possible. Particulars as to the quantities of refuse destroyed or otherwise disposed of in the past year are as under. T. C. Q. Quantity of Refuse Delivered to Destructor 21,220 2 0 Quantity tipped away ... 275 8 2 Total collected . 21,495 10 2 Refuse collected in added Areas and delivered to (a) Dry Refuse Tips—1,714 loads ; (b) Wet Refuse to farms—403 loads.