[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield R.D.C.

  • Driffield (Humberside, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Also at NAFFERTON, a length of 60 yards of half-round concrete ehannel has been laid in the o])en drain on the north side of Newbridge l.ane, to enable more effieient cleansing to be done. This open drain carries a certain amount of sewage from Station Road together with a large volume of water running continuously from artesian wells. At TIBTHORPE, two new seetions of sewerage have been ])rovided, com|)rising 269 yards of 9” and 6’' seu'er with 5 manholes in the Huggate Road at West End, and 192 yards of 9” and 6” sewer vcith 3 manholes at the South-east End in an easterly direction from the Bainton Road across private lands to the east end of the Eow Street. Improvement of Outfall for Sewage Disposal,—At FRlDAYTFIORPE, the Settling Tanks for sevcage disj)osal at the outfall have been reconstructed. The new ^Aa:)rk is so arranged as to form part of any extension or improvement whereby distributing apparatus and hlter would be installed in the future. An effluent drain is laid in 200 yards towards the dale, at the end of cvhich a deep soakaway has been dug. General.—With the exeepAion of the before-mentioned improvements, the character and efficiency of the drainage and sewerage in the various parishes remain the same as set out in a special re])ort by the Sanitary Inspector on the- “Drainage and Sanitary Arrangements of the Area,’’ dated 28th Oetober, 1937, which appears in mv annual report for 1937. RIVERS and STREAMS. The position regarding rivers and streams still remains the same. Except for the eleansing of open drains whieh reecive selvage Avithout treatment, no action has been taken. CLOSET ACCOMMODATION. No material ehange is as yet apparant regarding the conversion of privies and jiail closets, due chiefly to the temporary nature of the AA’ater supply in the ucaa’ mains. When the Coiincil’s Water Su])ply Scheme is in full operation there is no doubt that many sueh coiiA crsions Avill be effected, and i aga.ii wish to dixiAA^ attention to the consideration Avhich Avill have to be given to the question of efficient sewerage and sewage disposal, especially in the larger villages.