[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Paignton U.D.C.

  • Paignton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Paignton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (iii) Neither the moorland nor the lowland supplies have plumbo- solvent action. Lead has not been detected in the chemical analyses and the hydrogen-ion concentration has always showed a neutral or slightly alkaline re-action. (iv) Investigations of the moorland catchment area have been carried out, and of climatic conditions and animal grazing over the area as factors affecting water purity. (v) Almost all dwellings in the District have direct supply There are very few supplied by means of stand-pipes—only about 0.25 per cent.—but this leaves out of account several farms and other dwellings in rural parts of the District where the piped main supply is not available. [ii] Drainage and Sewerage.—There are no extensions to record. Complaints of flooding in a certain area are already known, and the remedy awaits post-war attention. 2— Stream Pollution.—There is nothing to report. 3— Refuse Collection and Disposal.—There has been no furthet complaint of fly nuisance. Transitory objectionable odouis come from nearly all Refuse Tips, which cause complaint on occasion from those living to leeward of the wind over the Tip. REPORT ON REFUSE COLLECTION, DISPOSAL AND SALVAGE BY MR. F. J. THICK. Refuse Collection and Disposal. The lorries now in use for the collection of refuse consist of three Dennis and three Thornycroft, and one Thornycroft lorry is used for the collection of salvage and pig swill. No new lorries were purchased during the year. It will be necessary, however, in the very near future to consider the question of providing additional lorries to meet with increasing demands, especially during the Summer Season, and to replace some of the older lorries whose day of usefulness is nearly ended. Pre-war, an additional lorry was always used during the Summer Season, in addition to increased Loaders, to collect twice-weekly from houses and more frequent collections from Boarding Houses, Hotels, Cafes, Fish Shops, etc. With the present fleet it is impossible to do this, and only in a very few instances has it been possible to give more than once-a-week collection. The number of loads collected was 4,004^, approximating 7,938.99 tons during the year.