Dr. Barry's report to the Local Government Board upon the general sanitary condition of the Sculcoates rural sanitary district / [Fred. W. Barry].

  • Barry, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1850-1897.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Dr. Barry's report to the Local Government Board upon the general sanitary condition of the Sculcoates rural sanitary district / [Fred. W. Barry]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    intercepts the sewage and conveys it into the open land drain already referred to. Preston is not scavenged by the Sanitary Authority, but the night- soil is disposed of by the tenants on their gardens, and the middens are, in general, kept fairly well cleaned out. In the case of a public-house the privy was found to discharge into a pigstye. In a house provided with an indoor watercloset the soil-pipe was directly connected with the public drain, and had a lead pipe only one inch in diameter carried up to the roof as a ventilator. At Preston West End, a small cluster of houses, the water supply is obtained from a public well situated at the roadside. In a low-lying part of the township known as Salt End, an estate has recently been laid out, and some three miles of roadway have been made and sewered by means of 12-inch sanitary pipes, having an outfall into the Preston Land Drain. The water supply for the houses erected on this estate is brackish, and unfit for drinking purposes. It is obtained from shallow bores sunk in the warp and drift, and probably consists mainly of Humber water. The Sanitary Authority have recently taken action under the Public Health (Water) Act of 187S to enforce the provision of a wholesome supply of water to these houses, and I under¬ stand that negotiations are now in progress for the extension of the Hull water mains to this place. Sutton (population, 1881, 1,280).—The village, like Preston, stands on a ridge slightly elevated above the ITolderness plain. It consists of one long street, with a few offshoots. An outbreak of enteric fever, to which further reference will be made, occurred in this village in the autumn of last year. The houses, as a rule, appear to be well constructed, and several dwellings of the suburban-villa class have been erected during recent years. The water supply is for the most part obtained from “ sand sype ” wells, 20 to 24 feet deep; some of the larger houses, however, have deep borings down to the chalk. The sype wells are frequently in close proximity to drains and cesspits, and are liable to dangerous pollution. From the analyses of certain of the Sutton wells given in Table II., it will be seen that such pollution has occurred in the past, and in the cases given it had been associated with the occurrence of enteric fever. The drainage of Sutton has been carried out in a piecemeal fashion at different periods, without any regard to a regular system. The following description is taken from a report recently made by Mr. Wellstead, the Surveyor of the Rural Sanitary Authority : “ The drainage of the portion of “ the village east and west of the North-Eastern Railway, extending on one “ side up to the Wavne Road and the Stoneferry Road, and on the other “ through the village up to Mr. D. Brown’s property, is carried by means of “ pipes, and has its outfall into the open ditch east of the railway, about 400 “ yards north of the main street. The ditch remains filled with sewage matter, “ and gives off an offensive smell. Beyond this on the east, one field distant, “ is another outfall into an open ditch for the sewage of a block of property “ at the east end of the village. The outfall is about 300 yards from the dwelling-houses, and the open ditch is full of sewage matter, and is foul “ and offensive. The sewage matter finds its way for about 100 yards in the “ ditch, when it soaks into the subsoil, the ditch beyond this point being “ quite dry. The drain at the east end of the village has its outfall into the “ Lambwith Drain, the sewage matter is held up at a point near the Ings “ Bridge, and is very offensive.” None of the drains are provided with any means for inspection, ventilation, or flushing. Some of the houses are in direct communication with these faulty drains by means of slop-stone pipes and watercloset soil pipes. Rain¬ water fall pipes generally discharge directly into the sewers. I understand that the house drains are constructed in some cases of loose rubble, and in others of pipes. The question of a complete sewerage scheme for this village is at present under the consideration of the Sanitary Authority. Sutton is scavenged by contractors under the Sanitary Authority, and the receptacles are stated to be emptied at fortnightly intervals. (b.) Western, or Wold, villages :— Anlaby (population, 1881, 629).—A low-lying village, the houses of which have ample open space around them; some of the houses, however, are damp from want of eave spouts. The water mains of the Hull Corporation are laid