[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough.

  • Christchurch (Dorset, England). Borough Council
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SCHOOLS: This is a tiine of change in the educational field mth increasing nunbors of secondary school pupils taking certificate courses and proceeding to further education* The general atnosphere in these schools is nianifestly different from only a few years ago* The Grammar School e[>ctensions have been completed and the school will eventually become comprehensive. The open air swimming pools at T'wrj^.am and Somerford Secondary Schools and at Christchurch and Highcliffe Junior Scliools are in full use for these and neighbouring schools, ViATEE; Christchurch is supplied with water by the West Hampsliire Water Company whose works are situated within the Borough. The Company, in addition, supplies part of Bournemouth, the wiiole of the Rural District of Ringv/ood and Fordingbridge, part of the New Forest Rural District and part of the Borough of Lynington. Partially treated water in bulk is also pumped to the oil refinery at Fawley, The raw water is drawn from the River Avon at Christchurch and treated by slow sand filtration and super chlorination. In addition the Company has a source of supply from deep boreholes in the chalk at Hale Park, some 16 miles north of Christchurch near the Wiltshire border. This supply serves Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District and also supplements the supply in Christchurch. Raw and treated waters are examined daily at the Company’s own water testing laboratory wliich is in charge of a qualified chemist and bacteriologist. In addition, periodic independent samples are sent to an outside laboratory, ■ • The supply of water to the consumer is constant, of moderate hardness, free from plumbo solvent action, and entirely free from metals, The Company’s records show 11,440 separately assessed domestic dwellings to be supplied from their mains in Christchurch, No standpipes arc in use.
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