Annual report of the Medical Department / Colony of the Gambia.

  • Gambia. Medical Department.
Date:
[1921]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Colony of the Gambia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8. Latrines. For Males. For Females. Number. Number of seats. Number. Number of seats. Number of Public Latrines :— 1919 . 1920 . > No re cord. No re cord. 1921 . 16 70 8 52 Number of new Public Latrines erected during the year :— 1919 . ) 1920 . V Nil Nil Nil Nil 1921 . I j Number of Public Latrines repaired during the year 1919 1920 . | Nil Nil Nil Nil 1921 . 5 70 Nil 52 Number of Public Latrines demolished during the year :— 1919 . ) 1920 . 1921 . V Nil Nil Nil Nil pails Number of Private Latrines ... Average number of pails of night soil removed daily Average number of soiled pails removed and clean substituted... Number of nightsoil men employed to clean latrines remove excreta Number of cesspools Number of cesspools cleansed ... Number of new cesspools constructed during the year Number of old cesspools abolished Number of cesspools oiled regularly by Department... 1919. No re 1920. cord. 1921. 133 256 256 21 33 Nil Nil 38 20 9. Removal of Refuse. Number of dustbins Number of carts at work daily to remove refuse from streets ... Amount of refuse removed daily Number of carts at work daily to remove refuse from yards and premises Amount of refuse removed daily from yards and premises Number of men employed for moving refuse 1919. No r 1920. ecord. 1921. 600 11 11 f 160 cart- \ loads 10. Buried or trenched .. Burnt ... Thrown into sea ^Otherwise dealt with Mode of Disposal of Excreta, Refuse and Offal. Daily average Daily average Daily average n umber number of pails number of cartloads of cartloads of Slaughter of excreta. of refuse. House and Market Offal. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1 N o recor d. N o recor d. | N o recor d. jNo re cord. | 256 Nil Nil 256 f All offal th rown Nil Nil Nil Nil ) in to the sea. * State mode of disposal.