[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    years many of iliese middens liave been abolislied, and i'(‘m()\al)l(' ^'ylvaiii'>:ed iron boxes talven Iheir place. In ll()n'd(Mi d\)wn and Kili)in colleciion of red'use is let by conlracl and jmnovc'd weekly. In all other j)aris of the district tli(‘ work is (anaied out by the occni)iers of the houses. Iduo'e are at present about 1,801 privy- middens, 007 ])ail (dosets, and 72 water closets in the district. 108 conversions f]*om privy-middens to pail (dosets have been made since 1020. Ihvi'in\(;t()x. The parish of lh\trino>ton is the only on(‘ in the District })rovided with a completely distributed system) of ])iped sewers, and with sewage disposal works. ddi(' sewei’s and disposal works we7‘e constructed in 1878. hi-om time to time duriiio’ the past five years the attention of the Distried (Council has been drawn to the ur^emt ma'd of I'epairs to the ])resent works. In all other lai‘,y{M- villa^-es, the sewa^’e is discharged into open servers. iSo system of scavenging is provided in the district. A])])roximately 00 ])er cent, of the houses are provided n ith ])an (dosets, 40 ])ei' cent, piavy. There are a few water (dosets. \\ henever practicable conversion to water (dosets is being made. Tockli xerrox. During the past five years the S(‘W('i‘age has been commenced, extended, or finished in Ihiiinhy Jloor, liishop AVilton, llugthorpe, Burnby, (\)tt ingwitl), Eveia’ngham, Fiddaythorpe, Ilayton, Afarket Whdghton, Alillington, Sancton, Seaton Boss and Stamford iiridge. The total length of these sewers (exceeds 8,000 yards. A great amount of private drain- age has been carried out by the owners of property. While much remains to be done, a great improvement throughout the District may be recorded under this head. AVith the excei)tion of Alarket AA^eighton, where a lai'ge ju'oportion of the houses have water closets, I)ra(dically the whole district makes use of privy middens or })ail closets. Benioval of refuse is in the hands of the tenants themselves, except in Alarket AA'eighton, where the v'ork is (airried out by the l^arish Council. Bi(x:all. New ” Barlby is the only part of the Distiahd which has a system of SeAverage and Sewage Disposal AA'orks. The system is a combined one, the sewers also receiving the surface water, and it is designed to provide for a population of 5,000. Thef j'emaining villages drain to land drains,