Kamaman, Trengganu, Malaya: controlled tipping trench used for refuse disposal. Photograph, 1948.

[1948]

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 6.3 x 6.5 cm

Wellcome Collection 582170i

One of a series of photographs showing methods of refuse disposal in Kamaman, Trengganu, Malaya, presented to the Wellcome Library by A. Thomas, Health Inspector of Trengganu. Accompanying notes to a duplicate set of prints explain that this controlled tipping trench represented a very rare method of working on a difficult site. Measuring 78 feet x 14 feet x 7 feet, it was constructed of logs and coconut wood