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SECTION C
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
1. (i) Water. The water supply has been satisfactory in
quality and quantity. It is supplied by the Colne Valley Water
Co., who state that constant care and supervision are exercised,
frequent bacteriological examinations are carried out, and all
the water supplied to the district is chlorinated.
(ii) Drainage and Sewerage. No important extension of
sewerage was carried out during the year.
2. Rivers and Streams. Cases of minor pollution of brooks
have been investigated and dealt with.
3. (i) Closet Accommodation. No reliable statistics, regarding
the number of types of closets, are available, but, apart
from a few pail closets at outlying farms and other premises, all
the dwelling-houses in the district are served by water closets.
These, with the exception of a few which discharge into cesspools,
are connected to the public sewers.
(ii) Public Cleansing. House refuse is collected weekly
from the whole of the district by the Council's own staff (under
the control of the Engineer and Surveyor), and disposed of by
controlled tipping on the Meadow Road playing field.
(iii) Sanitary Inspection of the Area. The prescribed
tabular statement is contained in the Sanitary Inspector's
report, which commences on page 17.
(iv) Shops and Offices. No action was taken during
the year.
(v) Camping Sites.
(a) Number of sites in the area which were used during
3:939 was one.
(b) No licences have been issued under Section 269 of
the Public Health Act, 1936.
(c) Estimated maximum number of campers resident
in the area at one time during the summer season—40.
(vi) Smoke Abatement. See page 20 of the Sanitary
Inspector's report.
(vii) Swimming Baths. There are no public or privately
owned swimming baths in the area.
(viii) Eradication of bed bugs. One Council house was
found to be infested, upon a change of occupancy. The work
of disinfestation was carried out by Contractors using Cimex
blocks. Subsequent visits were paid, but no further infestation
was discovered.