[Report 1957] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE GIVING PARTICULARS OF CONVERSIONS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 Total Closets abolished :—■ {a] Privy Closets (b) Pail Closets — 2 — — 3 5 (c) Waste Water Closets 4 10 11 9 5 39 (d) Trough Closets — 4 — — — 4 Privy Closets converted to Pail Closets 5 — — — 1 6 Conversion to Fresh Water Closets from :— (a) Privy Closets 2 12 6 20 (b) Pail Closets 29 — 14 — 1 44 (c) Waste Water Closets 74 49 38 40 40 241 (d) Trough Closets — 11 — — 3 14 Additional Fresh Water Closets provided at :— [a) Dwelling Houses and Schools 39 47 55 47 50 238 (6) Factories and other Premises ... 93 5 48 56 6 208 Total number of Fresh Water Closets fixed in connection with existing dwelling houses and premises 237 124 161 143 100 765 Fixed Ashpits, etc. converted to dustbins :— (a) Privy Middens 7 6 1 14 (&) Dry Ashpits 29 13 32 19 22 115 (c) Wallbins 10 4 15 12 7 48 No. of portable covered dustbins pro- vided (additional and in lieu of fixed ashpits, etc.) 91 45 87 64 71 358 Type and Number of Conveniences in the Borough. No. of Waterclosets 23,320 No. of Waste Waterclosets 1,037 No. of Dustbins 19,405 No. of Wallbins 252 No. of Ashpits 1,094 No. of Pail Closets including temporary Conveniences 320 No. of Privy—Closets 142 Middens 80