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is carried out at Mogden Sewerage Works. Except in portions of the district
not fully developed, the whole of the houses are supplied with water-closets
and are drained to the sewerage system.
During the year a length of main sewer has been added to the sewer
system, namely, Havelock Road, and it is hoped that all factories and houses
in Havelock Road will be connected to the sewer in due course.
Public Cleansing.
The whole of the district is scavenged directly by the Council. House
refuse is collected in low-loading covered mechanically-drawn vehicles and is
transported to an incinerator which deals adequately with the work. There
is a weekly collection of household refuse and during the year a total of 8,690
tons was removed from the houses in the district.
The practice of recovering waste paper continues, and this is collected
by the Council, baled and sold.
No cesspools are emptied or cleansed by the local authority, the few
which remain in the district being supervised by their respective owners.
Closet Accommodation.
Thirty closets, from houses not on the water carriage system, still require
to be emptied each week. These are emptied by the Surveyor's Department.
In addition there are seven trade premises not 011 the water carriage system,
two of which have chemical closets and live dry earth closets which are attended
to by the owners.
The number of non water-closet systems remaining at the end of the
year was as follows: 30 earth closets, 110 privies, no pail closets, and two
chemical closets.
Sanitary Inspection of the District.
The total number of inspections of premises made in connection with
the work of the Health Department during the year was 14,668.
The following table shows an analysis of the number and nature of such
inspections:—