[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Wednesbury Borough.

Wednesbury (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1921

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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Wednesbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Table II. SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT TO FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS. Defects. Sanitary Improvements Effected. Insufficient Unsuitable or Sanitary J defective Accommodation ] Not separate for sexes 'Urinals Three W.C’s provided. Two W.C.’s provided. Separate approaches provided. Cleansing* and the Removal of House Refuse. The public urinals and sanitary conveniences were inspected at various times, and every effort was made to keep them clean and in order. One hundred and nine dust bins have been substituted for privy middens or dry ashpits. There are now 3,790 portable dust bins. The most sanitary and economical receptacle for house refuse is a portable galvanised iron dust bin, and in order to hasten its universal adoption, and for the convenience of the public, the Town Council have arranged to supply the standard bins as cheaply as possible. It is difficult to induce traders to remove their refuse frequently, and it is hoped tliat, for the general cleanliness and healthiness of the town, the traders will cease storing or burning refuse in their yards. Where there are only small quantities of the refuse it is removed with the house refuse, and the traders charged with the approximate cost of removing the trade refuse. Ambulance. Forty-nine persons, 39 suffering from illness and 10 from accidents, were removed during the year in the horse ambulance. The total amount received during the year for the hire of the ambulance was £16 13s. Od. In nine cases fees amounting to £4 6s. Od. were remitted.