[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Droylsden U.D.C.
- Droylsden (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1925
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Droylsden U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![tanks fornierly used as ])i'oei])itatic>n tanks. Tlie system works fairly well, although the standard of ofduent is some- times below the regulations of the .Joint Committee. Much trouble is caused at the works by deleterious chemical trade waste, also by a considerably increased volume of water, and the Urban Council are giving earnest consideration as to the best means to be adopted for the remedy of these matters. The closing down of the Eefuse Destructor has necessi- tated a continuance of pumping liquid sludge into lagoons in the Greenside Valley. Closet Accommodation During the year 19”2o there were 3 privy closets and 5 pails converted to the water-carriage system, leaving 25 privy closets and 11 pail closets in the district. During the years 1908-1925 there have been 1977 of these i)rivy closets converted to the water-carriage system. This is a very fine achievement, when it is remembered that the whole cost and expense of the work has been borne by the owners respec- tively, no grant of any kind having been made by the District Council towards the cost. The number of houses at which movable receptacles for refuse ha^n been substituted for fixed receptacles during the last 5 years is 129. The sanitai’y accommodation at the whole of tlie factories, churches, cliapels and schools, is, with three minor exceptions at workshops with pails, now completely on the water-carriage system'. The foUo'wing statement gives particidars of the closet accommodation, etc., in the District, with information as to the number of each type of closet remaining at the end of the year, 1925:—](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29170540_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
