[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.

  • Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SEWAGL_MD_^FJJSE. .fiiSEOSAL Two modern sewage works serve the town and arrangements for sewerage and sewage disposal are generally adequate. New sewers were laid during the year to serve new housing estates. There are however, still a number of premises in the more rural part of the Borough emptied by the Cleansing Department eight times a year, free of charge. Refuse disposal is carried out by the Cleansing Department under the supervision of the Borough Surveyor. There are approximately 19,915 bins in use in the Borough and the refuse handled from all sources was in the region of 13,018 tons. C.LEAM .AIH During the year twenty-one smoke observations were made and any problems arising were resolved by discussion with the managements concerned.,: Complaints were again received about grit emission from the Electricity Generating Station chimneys on which reports were submitted to the Health Committee together with samples of melted snow taken in the Stanley Road area and at various points in the Borough. The area Alkali and Works Inspector also attended a meeting of the Health Committee and addressed the members on the various problems involved. The very small generating sets like the one at Tunbridge Wells are the most productive of complaints, particularly so when the plant is in such close proximity to the dwelling houses and schools. The monthly evolution of atmospheric pollution is shown in graph form and the winter curves show the effect of the domestic chimneys
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