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Closet Accommodation.
All the houses in the Urban portion of the District are supplied
with W.Cs. of various types, the majority being those of "washdown"
pattern. In the Rural parts of the District the accommodation
consists of water-closets connected with cesspools, or earthclosets
or privies with movable receptacles. I am not aware of
any middens in the District.
Scavenging.
Removal of House Refuse.
This work is carried out by the Council's own staff, a weekly
collection being made throughout the greater part of the District.
Part of the stuff collected is disposed of to brickmakers, and the
remainder taken to the Council's Depot at Carterhatch Lane, where
it is levelled and covered with earth.
Every week one man in the employ of the Council attends to
some few earth-closets in a rural part of the District.
There are only a few fixed ashpits left, the practice for some
years has been to require movable receptacles to be provided, and
where any house is found without this provision, the owner is required
to make it good.
Cesspools.
The Council has provided suitable vans and pumps, and undertakes
the emptying of cesspools on the application of house-holders,
a small charge being made for each emptying, and they are all
kept under observation.
Statement Prepared by Sanitary Inspector under
Article XX. (16) Local Government Board's General
Order, 1910.