[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Bedford Borough.

  • Bedford Borough Council
Date:
1964
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    Ill SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE AREA j 1. General. Sewerage and Sewage Disposal. I The arrangements for sewerage and sewage disposal for the ! Borough are reasonably adequate. Phase I of the extensions to the j Sewage Disposal Works is now in hand and is due for completion by July, 1966. A new Pumping Station and Rising Main at Castle Mill, I to serve the Elms Farm area, are in hand and are due for completion in I May, 1965. . Water Supply. QUALITY AND QUANTITY I am indebted to the Water Engineer to the North Bedfordshire ' Water Board for the following information relating to the water supply. 4 • (i) The water supply has been satisfactory in quantity and quality. (ii) A summary of the results of bacteriological • examinations of the raw water and of the water going into the supply is given below:- BACTERIOLOGICAL RESULTS, 1964 \ No. of samples Coliforms B. Coli Type I Plate Counts % positive % with 1,800 » orgs. av. Orgs. per 100 ml. % positive % with 1,800 orgs. av. orgs. per 100 ml. No. of samples av. orgs. per ml. 37^ c 20^ c V Water 81 100 10 1011 100 4 468 77 307 1273 er to Supply 540 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 52 6 2 iples after repairs 1 from new mains in 128 5 - - Nil - - - - - [Iford Borough. | 1_ (iii) No lead in solution. Weekly samples lead free. (iv) All work on mains is followed by chlorination 2ind sampling by board’s chemist. (v) All houses supplied by public water mains direct. (vi) Chemical analyses of raw and treated water are given in the attached table.