[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield R.D.C.

  • Driffield (Humberside, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    'I'he question of the differential rates and charges which, by the Draft Order, it was suggested should he api^lied to the Driffield Rural District (over and above the basic rate and charges which would ultimately ap])ly to the whole of the Area of the pro])osed Hoard) was a matter of some concern to the Council. After considerable negotiation, however, agreement was reached with all the Authorities concerned for the amounts of the differential rate and charges proi)osed for the Driffield Rural District to be reduced to lOd. in the £ and lod. per 1 .OO'O gallons respectively. It ai)pears likelv that during l!)b‘I the Minister of Housing and lyocal (tovernment will be asked to approve a Draft Order creating a Water Hoard covering the following areas : — Bridlington Borough ; Filey and Driffield Urban Districts; Bridlington, Driffield, Howden, and Poeklington Rural Districts, and part of Beverley Rural District. Water samjiles were taken periodically throughout the .vear showing the su|)jdies to be satisfactory; the.se were as follows:— Raw water samples from i)umi)ing stations l.S (] of these was unsatisfactory but a repeat and all subsequent ones were satisfactory) Chlorinated samples from village standtaps 10 Chlorinated .samples from hou.se taps 8 'I’otal number of samjdes from mains supplies .SI Raw water taken from ])rivate bore and well supplies .S Total number of samples taken .S t Du.mnaof, and iSeweraoe. During the year work on the Hutton Cransw’ick/Watton Sew’erage ;ind Sewage Disposal Scheme wms completed and the sew’age works at Watton w'ere brought into oj)eration. To stop ground wvater getting into the new svstem a disused sew’cr from the old camp at Watton was blanked off. 'I’he housing estate at Cransw ick wdiich w'as dependent on its own site .sewage works has been connected to the village scheme and the existing site sewage works disbanded. A recurring breakdown in one of the ejectors at Sheejiman Lane, Cransw'ick, has been rej^aired after an engineer from the firm supplying the cqui|)ment had replaced several parts of the pumping plant. 'I'he ejector at Watton also gave .some trouble but attention by the Couneir.s own staff j)ut the matter right. It mainly required new .seals and .seatings to the non-return v.alves.