[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough.

  • Chorley (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Urinal accommodation in some schools is not satisfactory, however, and in a number of schools hand-washing facilities are still below the prescribed standards. 7. Water Supply In a number of cases where the water supply has proved to be inadequate due to low pressure, and with several houses sharing a common service pipe, the owners have been requested to provide a sufficient supply. This has mostly been accomplished by running a new service pipe or pipes from the street main. The provision of a new piped supply from the street main is a costly item, and the Water Undertaking have now agreed to bring the rising main to the stop taps on the pavements at their expense. This should encourage more owners to re-lay the pipes for which they are responsible, so providing an adequate supply at a reduced cost. 8. Sanitary Accommodation The various types of closets in the Borough are as follows;— Privy middens Closets attached to above middens Pail closets Waste water closets Water closets 17 19 40 453 10977 The privy middens and pail closets are located amongst the farm and outlying properties near the Borough boundary, and none exist where sewers are available. They are mostly emptied by the owners, but the Corporation undertakes the emptying of some privy middens and pail closets. The number of waste water closets was further reduced during the year, 33 having been converted to water closets. The grant of £7 10s. Od. made by the Council towards the cost of each conversion has not proved as successful as was hoped in encouraging owners to carry out conversions voluntarily. Almost all conversions are secured by the service of a notice on the owner when waste water closets are found to be in some way defective. In November, after considering a report on the subject, the Council decided to increase the grant to half the total cost of each conversion in an endeavour to accelerate the rate of conversion.