[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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    for llie oxionsioii of ilie TTiill water Diain from Al(11)oi-oiioli villa^’e io tlie clilf top. l^iis will enable tlie b'lnporaiy (lw(>llin^s r('eeii11y erected there 1o be vSup])lie(l with watei\ and will also make improved sanitary an an c ements possi])le. RIVERS. 4 here are only two rivers in the County, the l)erw(mt and the Hull. 4die Derwent rises in the North Eiding in the moors about IfackiK'ss, by the junction of a number of becks. As soon as it rea(dies tlie East Ridino- it forms the division ladweiui tlie North and East Eiding's as far as Stamford Ei'idge. Ei’om tliis point to its junction with th(‘ Ouse at Eai'inby ^larsh tlie river is within the East Eiding. The upfier part of the I'iver is fairly clean, but the lowin' course is muddy from land drainage and tidal invasion. 4 he land which here borders the river is liable to frequent flooding. The i'iver receives the crude smvage from Norton, Stamford Bridge, and the small villages on the banks. 44ie Dull rises by the junction of a number of clear stj'taims fi'om the AVolds in the vicinity of Driffield. It runs, after its junction with the Erodingham Beck, due South to join the Dumber at Dull. The river is navigable by means of cuts to Driffield with short branches to Iveven and Beverley. Tiike the Derwent the Eiver Dull is in the lower reaches a dirty, sluggish, muddy stream, which acts as main di'ain for the low-lying lands Avhich border it. The outfall from the Beverley Sewage Works is discharged into the river. 44le Foulness Eivm', although so called, is simply a small stream which traverses a part of Dowdenshire and dischai'ges into the Market Weighton Canal. The Dumber and its tributary the Ouse forms the whole of the Southern and the greater part of the Western boundary of the County.