[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.
- Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1920
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
12/24 page 12
![dealing with the amount of sewage that comes to them. Every eifort should be made to keep out land drainage and surface water from the sewers, and to utilise the irrigation land to the fullest possible extent. 'hire tanks being situated close to the main Workington Road a considerable nuisance is caused by the periodic emptying of them. CLOSET ACCOMMODATION. Practically the same conditions exist to-day as in 1914, and I would refer you to the figures given on page 21 of the Annual Report of the Medical Officer for that year. One closet for more than two houses is insufficient. In one street the accommodation is as follows :— 1 W.C. for 6 houses ^ n n 5 M ^ M )> 4 n With the following exceptions water-closets are installed, the t3q3es in existence being largely hopper :— Pail privies . . . . 4 houses Midden privies . . . . nil A few outlying dwelling-houses have water-closets with cesspools. One pail privy was converted into a water-closet in 1920. SCAVENGING. The domestic refuse is colleeted in uncovered carts four days a week; shop refuse once a week. Streets are scavenged daily by hand labour or horse-brush. This method appears to work satisfactorily. Proper dust or ash-bins are the exception rather than the rule in Cockermouth, These bins should be of galvanised iron with well fitting metallie covers ; such receptacles have the advantage of being easily moved and carried out to the du^t cart, as well as insuring dryness of the contents, and protection fi oin rain, and being of non-absorbent material. Sweepings from fronts and shop-floors ought to be placed in bins too. The Council has a tip outside the town proper for household refuse and ashes. A small refuse destructor should be considered. SANITARY INSPECTIONS OF THE DISTRICT. These will be found detailed in the Sanitary Ins|>eetors Report ap])ended, which is a record of the useful work the Sanitary Inspector has done during the year.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29118153_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
