[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Bolton County Borough.

  • Bolton (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1907
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Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Bolton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Closet Accommodation. During the year 1907, there were 680 conversions of old 2^i'ivy- middens or j^ails into water-closets, and seven demolitions of the same type of closet in connection with insanitary jjroperty. From 1899—1907 inclusive, 4743 closets have been converted at a cost to the Coriroration of .£9413, and replaced by water-closets, and 155 have been demolished. In Public Houses during the same period 118 water-closets were added for customers; in the Public Elementary Schools 94 have been jjrovided, and 745 fresh-water closets and 110 pails in factories and workshops, where also 32 cesspools were abolished. That is in nine years, a total of 5700 closets have been provided on the water-carriage system, in addition to those jDrovided in new houses, viz., 5078. The present number of privy-middens and ]3ails as compared with those of 1898 are: — District. Pl’ivy-middens. Pails. 1898, 1907. 1898. 1907 Old Borough 12740 .. 8929 .. 6782 ... 6572 Added Area 7581 .. 6780 .. 22 26 Whole Borough 20321 .. . 15709 .. 6804 ... 6598 In the Old Borough in 1898 the numbers were ; — Privy-middens and j^ails together ... ... 19522 Water-closets ... ... ... ... 7587 At j^resent the numbers are : — Privy-middens and Pails ... ... ... 15501 Water-closets ... ... ... ... 13104 Formerly in the Old Borough 75 i^er cent, were on the dry system and 25 i)er cent, on the water-carriage system, now 54 ]3er cent, are on the dry system and 46 j^er cent, on the water-carriage system.