[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EUEAL DISTEICTS. J^KVERLKY. Tile followiiio- viHjio'es lire now Hiipplied Avitli Welter from Piililie AVorks, viz., ]h‘ou<i-li, Eranting- liam, Ellouglilon, South Cave, and Alolescroft. Tlie village of Dalton has a private estate supply. Tlie rest of the villages are dependent on wells with one or two exceptions wdiere a spriitg is available. Brldlixgtox. There are three villages wdiich at present ha\e a pulilic supply available. Twu), viz., llessingby and Se^verliy, are supplied from the Bridlington Corporation AVateiwvoiks; the other, Flam- liorough, has its owm installation of w^ell, plant and reservoir. The public supply is not available for tlie wdiole of the village of Sew^erby, but only for those liouseis wdiiidi are w'ithin the contour line of supply by gravity. The public supply works at Hunmanby still remain in an unfinished condition, aw'aiting a time wdien costs of completion wdll slunv mori* favourable figures fhan are at lU’esent available. The greater part of the Eural District obtains its water from w'ells wdiicli may be shallow^ or deep, and as regards purity of supply may be good or bad. A new* supply was provided for Carnaby by means of a deep boring. Drieeikli). AVitli the excejitioii of Aafferton, wdiicli has a very good public supply either laid direct to the liouses or obtained from stand pipes, the wdiole District lias to rely on 'well water or rain 'waater for its supplies. Tlie pulilic supply at Aafferton is the property of tile Council. Tt is derived from tlie chalk, and is ])umped by a wdndmill or the oil engine into the main, and ihen falls by gravity to the village. The public '^vells at Garton and Butteiavick have recently been replaced by bores wdth satisfactory results. JCscix’iCK. AYith the exception of Fulford, wdiich parish receives a public supply from the York City A[ ains, the wdiole of the District is dependent on collected rain water and ^vells, 'svhich are mainly shallo'^v. lIowDEN. AVith the exception of a private supply, ivliich is available for a few houses at Asselby and F nedlington and for the AVorkhouse, the Avhole of the Eural District is dependent on collected rain water or on w’ells which generally speaking cannot be looked on as other than most unsatisfactory. Attempts at boring haye been a failure so far as obtaining a potable water is con-