[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Keighley Borough.

  • Keighley (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Keighley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The hours and system of collecting of dry refuse and nightsoil remain as recorded in my last Annual Report, but our system of dealing with pail contents has just undergone a change which will entail an additional expenditure of about £200 per annum so long as our present pail system be continued. Our intercepting depot in Hardings Lane, immediately adjoin¬ ing Victoria Park, at which point pail contents have been tipped into tanks, screened, and flushed through the sewer leading to the Sewage Farm, was abandoned in September, having always been more or less a nuisance during the summer months at least, and new tanks, at a cost of about £200, are now in course of erection at a point between the Refuse Tip and the Sewage Farm at Marley. In the meantime temporary provision has been made for tipping into the sewer adjoing the Refuse Tip from which point it is now flushed to the farm. This change necessitates an additional cartage of close upon a mile for the greater portion of the pail contents collected within the Borough, hence the increased annual expenditure. STREET SCAVENGING AND CLEANSING. The following list shews the work done in the Street Cleansing Department:— Loads of Sweepings collected .. .. 1,965 ,, Water used for Street Water¬ ing and Cleansing .. .. 2,265 ,, Sand and Ashes used in frosty weather.. .. .. • • 90 ,, Snow removed from Streets .. 1,744 Total .. 6,955 As an instance of the work and expenditure entailed by a storm of only a few hours’ duration, I may say that the snow which fell on the morning of the 24th of November last caused an additional expenditure of £54 4s. Hd. in the three days occupied in clearing the paved roadways and footpaths in the charge of this depart¬ ment only. In that time 9^ miles of roadway were cleared with the snow plough, 1,444 loads of snow were carted out of 3£ miles of streets, and 20 miles of footpaths were cleared. The unpaved roadways and the footpaths co-extensive there¬ with are under the control of the Borough Surveyor’s Depart¬ ment.