[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Gainsborough U.D.C.

  • Gainsborough (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1896
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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Gainsborough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Though Mr. Riley’s Report refers to houses, streets, yards, and refuse removal or disposal, as well as water, I think it should follow this page, since all his notes have a bearing on the subject under immediate discussion,—viz : - Water. Surveyor’s Office, Gainsborough, 29th March, 1897. To D. Mackinder, Esq., M.D. Dear Sir, I beg to hand you the following information for the purpose of your Annual Report. NEW HOUSES. The number of new houses built during 1896 amounts to 132. TRENT WATER. From various causes the town has been supplied with Trent Water on 9 different occasions, the total number of days being 37, including 18 continuous days when the new cylinder to the Water- works Well Pump Engine was fixed. BOREHOLE NO. 2. 9 On the 31st December last the new (No. 2) Borehole had reached a depth of 639 feet—389 feet having been executed during the year. Although we did not suffer from any actual lack of water, yet the most rigid economy had to be exercised during the summer of 1896 to meet the continually increasing demand upon our water supply. The water for street watering was obtained by hand pumps as far as possible from the river. THE DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE. The Committee directed that seme 60 or 70 of the new dry (Goux) closets should be introduced as an experiment. This has been done chiefly in connection with new houses in Melrose Road and district, and it appears to give satisfaction. I should however like to see the new dry closet displacing the middens
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