[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley R.D.C.
- Burnley (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1919
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![RIVERS AND STREAMS. During the year no action has ])een taken under the Rivers Pollution Prevention Acts, and in the rural areas it is inevitable that much of the surface and slop water should find it way into the streams. Only a few of the larger farms and houses have their own septic tanks and filters, and the treatment of sewage in a small way is not always successful, largely on account of the irregularity and unequal discharge of the sewage. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE. The following townships have their own sewage disposal works, viz. :—. Township. Huncoat... Sabden ... Worsthorne Foulridge Treatment. Open septic tanks and double contact filters. Continuous settlement percolating filters and irrigation. Septic tanks, percolating filters and humus tanks. Septic tanks, percolating filters and humus tanks. The following townships are connected to the Burnley Cor- poration Sewers under agreements between the Burnley Rural District Council and the Burnley Corporation, viz. :—Briercliffe, Habergham Eaves, Hapton, Read, Reedley Hallows and Simon- stone. The Whinney Hill district of the township of xA.ltham is connected with the Accrington and Church Joint Sewerage Board’s Outfall V’orks at Copy Clough. I should like to draw attention again to the unsatisfactory state of the conveniences in the villages of Wheatley Lane, Higham and Cliviger. As these villages have no proper sewer it is impossible to carry out any great improvements, so far as abolishing the present insanitary system of tank closets or the antiquated drains. As soon as these villages are sewered, every endeavour will be made to convert these tank closets into fresh water closets. No complaint has been received of the omission to empty pail closets. Most of these arc emptied by the Council’s own workmen and the duty regularly performed. During the year we have records that :— 3 privies have been converted to pail closets. 1 tank closet has been converted to clean water closet. 5 additional pail closets have been built. Approximate number of privy middens in district 771 Approximate number of pail closets in district 820 Approximate number of waste water closets in district 2580 Approximate number of fresh water closets in district 604](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28965966_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
