Return as to scavenging in urban districts. 1914.

  • Great Britain. Public Health Department.
Date:
1915
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Credit: Return as to scavenging in urban districts. 1914. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    IIG Miscellaneous Methods of Disposing of Defuse continued. Duigulinuton DUOiTWICH Duonfield Eye Fairfield Farnley Tyas Finedon Fowey Garforth Gildersome Glastonbury Glemsford Gomersal Grange OVER Sands Grasmere Greenford Hadleigh Ham Harrington Hedon Highbridge Hinderwell Hollingworth ... Holme Cgltram ... Horncastle Hornsea ... Hoylandswaine ... Huns WORTH Irthlingborough Kingsbridge Kingsbury Kirkburton Kirkby Lonsdale Kirklington CUM Upsland x\il disposed oi on iurndaud. ■All the dry refuse is deposited in excavated beds at the sewage farm. When rotted, some is used as manure on the farm. When the beds are full tliey are covered with soil and used as a filtration area for sewage purification. ii'6 per cent, used on farmland. All used on farms and allotments. Ud per cent, of the refuse is disposed of in the Buxton Urban District destructor. Practically all disposed of on land- All is used on agricultural land. Screened refuse used on farmland. Most of refuse (that from privy ashpits) is used on land. About 95 jjer cent, is placed on land. All taken to sewage farm and burnt in open fires. All refuse is used on gardens. Excrement is placed on farmland, &c. About 10 per cent, is used for levelling farmland. Privy refuse is placed on land. Befuse is used on farms. All burnt in an open field. All burnt. All deposited on seashore. All suitable refuse is sold for manure. All is used for filling up land depressions and clay-pits in the district. Pots and pans are tipped, some refuse is thrown into the sea and some is used on the land. Excrement is used by farmers on land. Befuse from rural parts used on land. Ashes are taken to sewage disposal works and mixed with sludge, the mixture being sold to farmers. All is disposed of to farmers as collected. All is used by farmers on land. Privy refuse is used on the land. > All tipped at sewage farm and burnt. All is tipped at two points for the purpose of reclaiming foreshore. All refuse is used on gardens. Some is used on land. Befuse from farms and outlying houses is used on land. All refuse is used on agricultural land. Lees Leiston cum SiZEWELL Llandovery Llanfyllin Llangefni Llanwrtyd Wells Lonqridoe Long Sutton Ludovan Nightsoil is mixed with shoddy and then used for manurial purposes. All refuse is disposed of on the farm of the contractor performing the scavenging. All is used for filling up deep trenches in fields in the district. 75 per cent, of the refuse is mixed with lime and road scrapings and used as manure. 150 loads disposed of annually for agricultural purposes. All refuse deposited in a field and then used as manure. Befuse is used to fill up pit holes and land hollows both within and without the district. Dry refuse used for filling in old pits ] privy refuse disposed of on land. All refuse used on gardens or farmland.