[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Eccles Borough.

  • Eccles (Greater Manchester, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Eccles Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Month. Manual Labour 18S >8 Team Labour Manual Labour 18l 17 Team Labour. 18S Manual Labour 16 Team Labour £ s d £ s d £ s d £ s d £ s d £ s d Jan . 60 9 8 76 1 0 65 15 1 68 11 3 76 3 7 75 9 3 Feb. 61 0 2 74 8 0 63 12 11 73 10 7 63 2 11 57 7 6 Mar. 77 17 1 80 2 0 69 3 3 76 4 4 59 13 5 75 3 9 Aprl 61 10 7 84 16 6 84 16 6 76 9 1 77 16 3 62 14 5 May 63 9 8 85 19 0 67 4 8 83 17 7 62 7 3 71 18 0 ] une 79 16 4 83 3 6 70 3 1 81 6 9 64 2 9 68 1 3 I ulv. 64 8 1 87 3 9 89 8 2 102 2 0 81 14 11 77 6 10 Aug 66 16 8 83 14 0 69 0 10 87 15 0 59 15 10 60 8 6 Sept. 88 15 1 82 2 6 78 18 1 82 16 0 56 9 1 65 15 9 Octr 64 0 2 88 13 5 64 13 0 90 0 0 75 0 0 68 5 7 Nov. 80 14 10 90 11 2 61 9 2 76 2 6 60 1 9 66 16 9 Dec. 68 18 3 100 13 9 77 10 6 79 6 3 82 10 7 71 3 7 837 16 7 1017 8 7 861 14 9 978 1 4 818 18 4 820 11 2 £™ 55 5 0 ^1839 16 1 £ 1639 9 6 On examining these tables it will be seen that while there is a slight decrease in the amount of the ashpit work, the ashtub work has increased about 30 per cent. 1 he decrease referred to is not so much as it appears when the reduction in the number of ashpits and priv}'—pits is taken into consideration, and the fact that the average amount found in the pits at the time of emptying was less than ever, bears this out. Considering the size of some of these pits and the number of houses attached to them, I think the fact that there is slightly over one third of a load in each ashpit per visit, is one that the Com- mittee may feel proud of. The cost of the work is practically ^15 in excess of the previous year, and is almost entirely due to our paying 9/- per day per horse, cart, and man, dur- ing the whole of the year, as compared with a little over ten months in 1897. The total number of privy pits in the Borough is now 3104—52 having been changed into water closets and 4 abolished duiing the year, while the number of ashpits has been reduced from 512 to 493. They have all been cleansed slightly over six times. The number of ashtubs has increased from 933 to 1308. This form ot temporary disposal of ashes and other house refuse continues to find favour and the weekly collection from such receptacles is rightly regarded as infinitely superior to the less frequent removal, in the case of ashpits and privies. All new property is being provided with places for these tubs and in nearly every case of conversion of privies similar provision is made. With a view to the better carrying out of the work of collection two special carts were provided during the year, and if evidence of their superior character were wanting I need only state that the men collect the rubbish from over T300 tubs in the same time and number of loads as when there were only 950. It, therefore, the other carts &c. were worth 9/-per day these are worth 12/4 for that particular class of work. They are also much more convenient for the men in lifting the tubs up to the carts. Sheets have now been provided for all carts employed in the Cleansing Department, and there is consequently less cause to complain about them while travelling along the streets.