[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield R.D.C.

  • Driffield (Humberside, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    8/18 (page 6)
    SANITARY ClHCUMS'l’ANTES OF THE AREA. WaIKK Sui’PLY. Durinjr tlu* yc;ir under review, a 'l extension I'nnn Reelory Farm, Meelord, was eoinpleled to service Finderliill. Also a 'X' main <‘xlension I rom (larton to I’.lmswell was laid and a X' main laid in llie village street of Watton, all ol' wlneli were carried out by direct labour. In ()etol)er, work was eommeneed on Contract No. !■ lor the layin.'i ot tbe mains in connection with tbe Kilbam pumpinfr st.ation .sebeme. Tbe Contractor, Mr. ,1. (!. Wifxlcy, of Kirbymoorsidc, eommeneed to lay tbe t” main from Eanjrtoft to Kilbam and by tbe end of December be b.ad eomi)leted this, also tbree bundred yards of X' main for tbe new re.servoir at 'ribtbori)e, and bad eommeneed layinfi tbe new X' main from Wetwaii” booster station to (larton booster station. .).) new connections were made to tbe Couneil's mains durinjj; tbe year, .‘J t domestic and 21 metered. \^'ater at Hutton and Nafferton pumpin/f stations is eblorinated, tbe reagent used being Voxan Special 'l’y])e C solution, and tbe feeders by Wallace & 'i’iernan. Ltd., tbe dosag<‘ per .‘I'O.OOO gallons of raw water being 2 gallons of ()..5% solution at Hutton and 2^ gallons ()..5% soluti<tn at Natt'erton. 20 samples of raw water from tbe pumping stations an<l (5 from jiublic standpipes or consumer points were submitted I'or bacteriological examination, all of wbieb were reported as bigbly satisfactory. () of the 8 samples taken from private supi)lies were unsatisfactory, four of these were from ])roi)erties which, as a result of tbe main extension at Elmswell, have since laam juit on mains supply, and action to i»rovid( a suitable su|)ply was taken in the other two cases. Dkainack AM) Skwi:ua(;k. With tbe approval of tbe Ministry of Housing and Local Ciovern- ment, work was commenced during tbe year on tbe North Dalton and Langtoft Sewerage and Sewage Disjjosal Sebemes, estimated to cost .£li>,l'K) and £19,1!K) resj)eetively. Tbe Ministry also approved, in principle, tbe sewerage and sewage disjjosal proposals for Hutton Cranswick (with Watton), but tenders for this work bad not been obtained by the close of the year. Other sew'erage and sewage disposal proposals eommeneed during tbe year wore tbe laying of a sew’cr from tbe site of tbe i)roj)osed Kilbam Fumping .Station to connect to the existing village sewer (estimated to cost £1,1-92) and tbe laying of a sewer at Wetwang to serve tbe ,Soutbfi<‘ld \’iew Couneil Houses, in Hack Street, and other lU'operties in tbe vicinity (estimated to cost .£l,42l). Dining tbe severe weather in tbe early part of tbe year, tbe filter at the Wetwang .Sewage \^'orks became frozen up despite lagging pre\ iousli carried out wherever possilile. 'Ibis entailed by-passing the filters with n diversion direct from tbe settling tank to tbe irrigation area.