[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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    exception of those villag'es ])reviously mentioned, the laid-on supply throughout the district is eag'erly awaited. During the current year (1939) Tem])orary Stand-taps have been erected and supplies taken from the mains of the Water Supply Scheme in the villages of RAINTON, HUTTON, CRANSWICK, KIRKBURN, SOUTHBURN, MIDDLETON and NORTH DALTON. These facilities have been taken full advantage of and have proved to be of great l)eneht to the inhabitants of these villages. This matter is of course one for inclusion in my 1939 Re])ort but 1 feel 1 ought to mention it here, and by the time my next Annual Report is compiled 1 hope to see the much desired laid-on water sup]dy available in full over the whole system covered by the Scheme. Bacteriological Examinations.—Three samples of water have been obtained and forwarded to The Clinical Research Association Ltd., London, for bacteriological examination. All these samples have been taken from j)rivate wells, the re|)orts on which show that two were fit for drinking and one unfit, the latter being from a shallow well. In this latter case, water for domestic pur])oses will be taken from the Councibs main when available. DRAINAGE and SEWERAGE. Extension of Sewerage.—At FRIDAYTHORPE, a section of sewerage comprising 228 yards of 9” sewer with fcnir manholes has been laid in for the purpose of sewering the Driffield Road eastwards to the new Council Housing site. The new sewer is connected into an existing manhole on the old line of sewer. At KI EH AM, a concrete channel 30 yards long has been constructed to carry the West End open drain through a portion of “The Greens,” which portion had for a long time past given rise to considerable trouble owing to lack of fall. At NAh'hdfR rON, a new length of 200 yards of 6” sewer with two manholes has l)een laid in the Driffield Road, being an extension of the existing sewer to serve properties up to and including “Ivy House.”