[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield R.D.C.

  • Driffield (Humberside, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    For almost all the new houses erected, or l)eln«' erected, the Avater closet is the type of accommodation provided. The practice of converting* the insanitary privy-midden to pail closet is still being t)roceeded Avith, but only in those ])arts of the district Avhere there is no laid-on water su])])ly provided and the Avater carriage system of drainage is not available. The numl)ers of each ty])e of accommodation remaining at the end of the cmar, and as compared Avith the end of last A^sar are:— 1938 1937 259 208 2320 2325 363 392 Water closets Ibail closets Privies or Privy-middens PUBLIC CLEANSING. A forAvard movement was made during 1938, when a Scheme for the collection of Indestructible Plousehold Refuse throughout the district was adopted. The Scheme alloA/ved for the district to be divided into eight areas, each area having a cdlection each callendar month, thereby making a collection thrcughout the Avhole district every month. The refuse collected is taken to and dumped in disused chalk pits. The work has been let out by contract, and generally speaking has been carried out by the Contractor in an efficient manner. The inception of this scheme received a Avarm welcome from the general body of the householders affected, and a direct result of it may be emphasized in the disappearance of those unsightly dumps of tins, bottles, and other rubbish from hedge bottoms and open spaces, which have for years past spoiled the countryside. Another Scavenging Service in operation is the bi-Aveekly collection from the Royal Air Force Station, at Kellythorpe. The refuse is taken to the chalk pit at the Wold, Nafferton, and there the burnable material is l)urned, the remainder being levelled as required. The collection and conveyance of the material for disposal is carried out by the same Contractor as for the whole district scheme,