[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough.

  • Chorley (England). Borough Council
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At the end of the year four hundred and eighty (480) yards of the four-foot Brick Culvert in Astley Park, and three huudred aud thirty-three (333) yards of three-foot Iron Pipes had been completed. These Sewers will prevent the blockage now happening in Water Street and the overflow into the bed of the river Chor, also the overflow at the Inspection Chamber ; and the New Sewer in Jackson Street will relieve the present Bolton Street Sewer. It is to be hoped that the Chor will be eventually kept out of the Sewer, thus reducing the volume of sewage to be treated at the Sewage Works very considerably, especially in times of storm. If all sewage is sffectually kept out of the Chor, I see no reason why it should not go in its original and natural course. The average daily flow of sewage to Common Bank Farm during the year was 1,395,757 gallons. The Sewage Works have been improved by the addition of a new Sludge Press, obtained from Messrs. Goddard, Massey & Warner, and the storage of detritus has been moved to a more suitable place, excav- ated, pitched and paved by your Surveyor, and you have decided to convey the sludge through pipes from the detritus chamber to this storage place. After the water has drained off it will be subjected to treatment in the usual way. A plan of a Sludge Lagoon at Bagganley, prepared by your Surveyor, has been approved and adopted by you. This work, together with the fixing of an Elevator and Waterwheel, has been completed. Mr. T. Hurst, the Manager of the Common Bank Sewage Works, has been appointed by you Supervisor of all the Sewage Works in the Borough. New Sewers have been constructed as follows :—18 inch in Bolton Street and Water Street; 12 inch Brock Boad, Gillibrand Walks, Doris Street, Ac. ; 9 inch Sherbourne Street, Garden Street, Curate Street, and in several other Streets. A loan of £158 has been sanctioned for the conversion of the old privies in Cowling into Water Closets. This completes the conversion from the pail and midden system to Water Closets. [18]