[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Coleford U.D.C.
- Coleford (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1915
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Coleford U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The brook still does duty as a sewer, and the encdosed portions have been ventilated as tlioronghly as ])ossible, but in some places where it passes under tlie houses tor considerable distances, ])roj)er ventilation is impossible. Many ot tbe old drains leading into tlie brook are constructed of rough stones, wliicli allow leakage in all directions, and impede the ])assage of sev'age. Several of these drains have broken doun completely. Where the sewage is not ])iissed into the brook the bucket svstem is used, the refuse so collected being cleared awav bv tlie Coiincirs scavenger twice weekly. The ]n‘ivy middens which are used in tlie outlying districts are gradually being superseded by septic tanks. House refuse is also removed twice weekly by the Scavenger. Closet accommodation is as follows : — (1) Privies with fixed receptacles 227 Privies with movable receptacles 19f Fresh water closets 95 Waste water and hand-Tushed closets 56 (2) Conversions from one tx'pe to another. 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 Privies with fixed receptacles to privies with movable rece])tacles _ 10 8 9 9 9 2 1 l’ri\ies with fixed recxeptacles to fresh water closets 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 Privies with fixed receptacles to fresh water closets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Privies with movalile receptacles to fresh water closets 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 Privies with movable rece])tacles to waste v.’ater closets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 There are no fixed ash-pits, either in combination witli privies or alone. liefnse is either used on the gardens or collected in boxes and buckets, which are emptied by the Hcavenger twice weekly, klovable ash-bins with proper coverings are used in 96, cases, and in 360 cases boxes and other non-metal receptacles arc in use. There have been no houses newlj' connected witli the.sewnr during the yeaig and no new eartli closets, pail closets, or improved ]jrivies constructed. Six notices were issued to empty privy vaults and one privy vault abolisbed. Thvo new septic tanks have been constructed. -• ■](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29119613_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
