[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Valley R.D.C.

  • Valley (Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Valley R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Work on three new sotemes were oomienoed, one belne: a ioint soneme with Holyhead, and the other two will serye the yillapea •f Llanfaohraeth and Llanfaethlu. ScUemes are also in coursf of Villases of Caerselliog, LlanddeasanI, Llyniaes, Llanfaelog, Pencsrnisiog, four acres in Parish nf Holyhead Bural and the Gorad area^^of Valley. It irantiSrated that ’Work on two of these schemes will commence early next^year. Housing Estate Schemes. ooo are dependent on sicall sewage disposal schemes, one only being a pumping scheme and automatically controlled bv electricity, UoLiti' 1,'ci i Surface water sewerg, have been maintained and the few remain- ing open ditch sewers are cleansed regularly. Property owners are proceeding steadily ?jith the work of joining house drains with the new sewers as they are completed and, following informal Sbtie^n, thirty six properties were provided wit h efficient drains. Public Cleansing House Refuse, Night Soil and Cesspool Cleansing These three services continue to be carried out by the two vehicles owned and operated by the Council. They are fully employed during normal working hours on the collection of drv bcuos refes^ - - - ■ ^ where required working hours. pail i]ig must of necessity be carried ' fO K-/ ‘ \ J . out after sensj ng normal The remarks made in last year’s report regarding the nature and volume of dry house refuse can be repeated, and it has been necessary to woxk overtime particularly during the summ,er months in order to give reasonable service. The greater 'Volume of dry house refuse accumulates in premises where visitors' are accomrao- uated, ond especially in the larger hotel s and caravan sites, ihe service h=,s also been extended to more outlying' areas and individual dwellings, as disposing of refuse by other means has become a problem for the householders. The need for the pail closet cleansing service is gradually becoming less in the villages where sewerage schemes have been completed, thus allowing the service to be extended to the more remote areas, which is greatly appreciated by those who benefit fiomthe extended service. Cesspools attached to nine privately owned dwellings were cleansed daring the year €t the expense*of ihe owners or occupiers. Si order to improve the cleansing service generally, the Council have placed an order fot* a cesspool emptier with a pail cleanser attached, which is likely to be de'livered in ithe new year. This vehicle will deal with all cesspool.and pail closet cleansing work, and thus relieve the other two vehicles to devote their whole time to the collection of dry refuse, thereby giving 8 more efficient and frequent service as ’well as reducing the cost of overtime work. 106 complaints regarding the non-coleeition of refuse were uealt with in the course of the year, the majority during the summer months, when change of occupation of houses had taken place in between the regular collection dates. Only two such complaints were received regarding the failure of the pail closet cleansing service.
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