[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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    (•('I'lu'd. ddiis siatomoiit avos A^ery definitely proA^ed l)y tlie (hd(*nnin('d etloris of ilie War Oifiee to obi a in a supply foi‘ the Jlowdeii Aerodi'ome. The Kiiral District (V)nncil usually arrange for a su})ply of n’ater by rail from Hull for tlie householders in Howden AAdien no local supjilies are aA’ailable in dry S('asons. ddie only feiisible ])lan to enable the toAvn of Howden to obtain a ])ublic sujiply Avould ajipear to be a su])ply (IraAvn from the chalk in the Au'cinity of NeAvbald, or b}' agreement from Selby or (joole if the legal diihmilties C'ould be overcome. XoRTOM. The District is fairly Avell supjilied AAoth waitu', as full use has been made of the natural flow of water from the springs whi(di issue from the (duilk. The villages of Leavening, JHllington, Settriugton and Yiulingham all have ])ublic supjilies. dTioriie Dassett, Scagglet horpe, Wintringham, Heslerton (East and AWst) and Durythorjie are enabled to di'aw on jiriAmte sujijdies Avhich are also laid on to the Aullages. pATiMNcrrox. As in the (*ase of the adjoining Skirlaugh Dural District, this locality is fortunate in having the Hull (Virjioration main jiassing through a number of jiai'ishes on the Aviiy to AAb’theriisea, and in addition a bramdi main is laid to the CroAvn CoIoua on Sunk Island. Unfoi'tunately, excejit in Patrington and the Crown (hilony, relatiA^ely few houses are direvtly connected to the mains. Stand jiijies are not alloAved in the Aullages, through Avhi(di the main passes. In consequence the greater number of houses are compelled to use surface Avells. About one-sixth, actually 290, of tlie inhabited houses are sujijilied Avitli Avater from the Hull mains. At A\dnestead, Avater from a Avell is jiumjied b} a Avindmill to a graA'ity tank fi'om which it is jiiped to most of the liouses in the Aullage. P()('KLiXGTOiX. At Alarket AVeighton there is a A^ery good Avater sup|:)ly deriA^ed from the chalk. The Avater is jiumjied by an oil engine to a seiwice reseiwoir on a hill above the Avell, and then distributed by graAuty to the toAvn and to the A’illage of Goodmanham. Both Barmby Aloor and Shijiton liaA^e complete installations of Avell and service reseiwoir. The! jinmping from the Avell is inexpensively jierformed by tlie use of windmills. A number of other Aullages obtain their supplies from the sjirings as they issue from the chalk. The aTPages of Alillington, Thixendale, Kirby Fnderdale and Fncleby