[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.
- West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1938
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SCAVENGING. Scavenging schemes are in operation in the townships of Aintree, Altcar, Aughton, Bickerstaffe, Ford, Halsall, Hesketh Bank, Lydiate, Maghiill, Melling, Netherton, North Meols, Rnfford, Scarisbrick, Tarleton, and Thornton. During the year a sclicme for 1^'ord was inaugurated and the collec¬ tion undertaken by arrangement with the Litherland ITban District Council. The whole of the township of Aughton is scavenged, with the excep¬ tion of the scattered area of Clieves Hills. Some houses in Halsall, which are adjacent to the County Borough of Southport, are scavenged by agreement with the Health Department of the Southport Corporation. The central area of Halsall is now regu¬ larly scavenged under contract with a local farmer. Schemes for Maghull and the adjacent portion of Tydiate, and for Tarleton, are working satisfactorily. Scavenging was commenced during 1934 in Bickerstaffe, Hesketh Bank, Melling and Netherton. Early in 1937 a scavenging .scheme for Aintree was put into operation, but until then scavenging was regularly carried out by local carters, with whom arrangements were made by the residents. It is now correct to .say that all the urbanised areas in the Rural District are scavenged. The Council rent from the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, a low-lying tract of land on the east .side of Ruft'ord Station for refuse disposal. A disused quarry in Melling has been purchased and this is suffi¬ ciently large to provide for the needs of the southern townships for many years. It is gratifying to be able to report that the objectionable practice of indiscriminate tipping by householders has now largely been eliminated by the establishment of controlled tipping throughout the District. The portion of the District to the south of Ormskirk is now catered for by the Melling Quarry tip ; the northern area b}^ hve tips in New Lane, Tarleton ; Church Road, Rufford ; Gravel Lane, Banks ; Drummersdale, Scarisbrick, and Carmoss Lane, Halsall, while the small ti]) in New \\4iy, Bickerstaffe, has been retained for that eastern side and is ahso being run on a controlled tipping basis. 4'hus by lessening the number of tips it is now ])ossible adequately to control operations with efficiency and with the minimum number of st aff. The total number of rc'Ceptacles emptied during the vear was 228,231,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30261648_0056.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
