[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnack R.D.C.

  • Barnack (Cambridgeshire). Rural District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnack R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3ECTI0K B. (a) iABOi-vATCRY FACILITIES. By contract v.itli luinistry oi Health Emergency luDiic Heaj.th juaooratory, Memorial Hospital, xeterocrough, at the cost of hV. lO. 0. per annum. ( u) iu.iBUliAi'ICE Eao xli'lliijE» (1] Infectious Cases - Amhulance proviuea hy reterboroue,h Isolation Hospital. (ii) hon-Infectious Cases - mt. Joiin's Ambulance Brigade, Btamfora. (c J hUHSIHG IH THE HOIi'IE . (1) General - Hui'sing facilities provided by the Barnack aria district Hursing Association, maintained by private subscriptions ana an annual grant of ~20 from the Peterborough County. Council. (2) Infectious Gases - Ho provision made by the Council. (d) CLINICS AND IREAIiiEIT CEHTREB. Nil. (e) HOSPITALS - ^CLUNTAKY iu^n PCBnlC. No hospital is situatea in the district. Acute meaicai ana surgical cases are aojaitteC. to Stamfora, Rutland ana u-enerai Infirmary. SECTION G. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. (1) VhVlSR. BARNACK. The villages oi Barnack, lilsgate, Bainton, Ashton and Ufford have a piped supply of water obtained from the Council’s bore hole at Pilsgate. Quality of water - Samples of raw water at source taken during the year lor bacter- iological analysis have shown very satisfactory results. Uuai:itit^ of water - Has been adequate. It is' estimated that 10-lbfo of aweliing houses are supplied airect from public mains, the reraainaer aepend on neighbouring stanapipes, THORNKAUGH The villages of Thornhaugh and V/ansfora have a pipca supply obtained from a spfl?ing at ^hornhaugh. This supply is liable to pollution, an unsatisfactory bacteriological sample having been obtained during mia-suramer. Quantity has been aaequate. V/ater is chlorinated at source ana no other treatment is given. It is estimated that 70^0 of houses are suppiiea direct from from the maiii, nans ar e being maae to extend the proposea Wittering supply fiom the utamford Vu'ater Co. to these two villages, leaving the Thornhaugh spring as reserve,