[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough.

  • Chorley (England). Borough Council
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the great majority of the houses there is through ventilation and plenty of air space at the back of the houses, and only a very few old houses are built back to back. No new houses have been erected in this manner for many years. The houses and yards are well drained and a systematic inspection of the house drains is regularly made by the Corporation men under the direction of your Inspector, fourteen thousand and eighty (14080) drains, &c., having been cleaned out and examined during the year. The Water Closet System is now in almost universal use in the Borough, and in the last portion of the town, viz., Cowling District, the conversion from the pail to the water closet system is now nearly accomplished. The water closets, both pure and waste water, are regularly inspected, and seven thousand, nine hundred, and eighty- seven (7987) have been examined, and, where necessary, cleaned and opened during the year. The Main Drainage of the town is in a good condition, and periodically, in dry weather especially, the drains are systematically flushed under the direction of the Borough Surveyor. New Sewers have been constructed in Windsor Road, Crosse Hall Street, Hollingshead Street, Stump Lane, Curate Street, and Botany Brow. The Outfiill Works at Common Bank are continuing to do good work, and have been improved by alterations in the Detistus Chamber. Since the conversion from the pail system to water carriage there has been a steady increase in the amount of sewage to be treated, but the results still remain satisfactory. The average amount of sewage treated at Common Bank during the year was over one million gallons per diem (1,008,529) gallons. Cowling district Sewage Works are now finished and are working satisfactorily. The sewage now from the whole of the Borough, with the exception of a few outlying houses and farms which cannot be drained into the main sewers, passes through one or other of the three sewage works, Common Bank, Botany, or Cowling. The Water supply from reservoirs belonging to the Liverpool Corporation is, as a rule, constant and good. During the very dry weather, the (quality of the water was not quite as good as usual. [16]