[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Borough.
- Workington (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1938
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Drainage and Sewerage. ihe following’ exteiiisioiis to the sewerage system were earried out during’ the year : — Sewers— 160 lineal yards 9in. sewer—Westfield Housing Estate. 276J lineal yards 6in. sewer—Shore Hoad, Salterbeck. 183 lineal yards 9in. sewer—Laverock Hall Housing Estate. (jiillies— Fifty-five new gullies have been fixed and twenty-six were taken out and replaced hy the modern type of street gully. Closet Accommodation. During the year 35 earth closets in the Stainhurn Area have been removed and pedestal water closets substituted, the drainage being connected to the new sev^er. There now remains orilv 10 earth (dosets in the out- KJ lyin g districts of the Borough. Following long negotiations with the L.M.S. liail- way Company regarding the unsatisfa(‘tory slo]) closet sys¬ tem at 26 houses in Findlay Place belonging to the Com¬ pany, the following works were carried out during the year : —the existing sewers in back lanes and the whole of the house drains were renewed ; new pedestal whaler closets, cisterns, etc., fixed; back lanes and yards relaid; ashpits abolished; all rain water downpii)es disconnected from yard drains and made to discharge over trapped gul¬ lies; new water service pipes laid to each house, and the supply taken off the Crummock mains instead of the Hiver Derwent supply. The estimated cost of the works was £1,500, but it is a most satisfactory conclusion to long negotiations. Public Cleansing. There has been no change in the arrangements for](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30293327_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
