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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hayes and Harlington 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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Similar encouragement is given to the substitution of water closets for pail closets by maximum grants, i.e. 50% under Section 47 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
| Cesspools | Pail Closets | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | Within 100 ft. of an existing accessible sewer | 17 | 5 |
| B. | Within 100 ft. of a possible sewer extension | 5 | - |
| C. | No sewer likely to become available | 24 | 17 |
| D. | Likely to be demolished soon | - | 1 |
| Totals | 46 | 23 | |
Pail closets and cesspools are emptied regularly by
the Engineer & Surveyor's Department.
The practice of clearing stopped drains free of charge,
where this can be achieved simply by rodding or plunging,
was continued and nuisances from this cause thereby reduced
to a minimum.
Keeping of Animals.
Byelaws under Section 81 of the Public Health Act to
control the keeping of pigs, horses and cattle are in force.
They deal with the structural condition and cleanliness of
premises in which these animals are kept, boiling of swill,
drainage, the storage of manure etc. and have proved of
considerable assistance to the Public Health Inspectors in
their efforts to minimise nuisances from this source. The
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