[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Coleford U.D.C.
- Coleford (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1915
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Coleford U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![WATER SUPPLY. Tlu' siii)i>ly lor tht' Town itself is at present taken from a stream which issiu's from the coal measures, rmrl before entering the receiver is ])ass(Hl tlirongh a lilter bed. From the receiver it runs by gnu ity to the lower Fuels of the Town. The liead of the stream is so low that nowlau’e within the Town does t!ie water i*ise appreciably abo\e the guoiind tloor of the houses. Ifesides this, during a dry season, the sn])ply is inadequate for the needs of the inhabitants. Wdth tlu' (deaning out of-the iMill Fond pit, the Council liave foiuid a su])})ly sufficient to supply any need wdiieh is likely to arise in the futin-e. Since my last rei)oi't aiiother sam])le lias been taken from the }dt for analysis, aTid, I am pleased to state, a favoiu-able report was i-eceived from the Analyst. hdiis report has been foi-wai'ded to the Local CloA^ernment Hoard, but iiotlnng lias l)ee7i heard from them with regard to it up to the present time. Outside the Town tlu' iidiabitants are de])endent u])on wells, reservoirs, and s])rings for their water su])])l\n During a diw Summer these scmrces often fail, and tlie need for a supply less dependent upon the ininiediate I'ainfall is keenly felt. No jiew- wells have been siudv dmang the y'ear, and no improved sources of supply ] rovided. There ai-e 22b reservoirs and 106 wells, both public an.d })]'ivate, in the District. Some of these })ul)lic W'ells form th ’ ■■’(urrces of supply for large Tunnbers of houses in their vicinities.. Idie su|)])Iy for the Scowdes is drawn from an old mine working, and some of tlie inhal)ita]its have to (airiw the water for considerable distimces to their houses. The well wdiich Fwms the chief source of supply- for Benw Hill is in an out-of-the-way^ spot, a long distan('e„ from the houses, fume End and .Milkwvall depend npon their own wells and reservoirs for tlieii- su])ply. Thii'teen samples have been taken for aTudy’sis during tlie year. SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE. ddu' drainage of Colefoirl remains in. the Siime insanitary' state as before reported, ond needs to be carefully and systematically' altered. I would again uigs' upon the Council, as I have done several times before, the advisaliility of consulting a sanitary engineer, and h.aahng a plan made of a complete sewei-age system for the w’hole lown. That tins w'ould lead to considei'able economv' in the end theiv' is not the slightest doubt, as any drainage work which nuiy ha\'e to be undertaken now' could be laid dow'n in acc'ordaiK'e with tlu' plan, and would not need reconstriK'tion w'hen the coiiifilete-scheme is laid down. Tn Lord’s Hill, w'here I have for severa.l ytairs urged that a ])i'o])er sewer should be laid,'we, un- iortunat('lV, had an outbreak of ty'phoid fever, but luckilv there were no deaths, •](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29119613_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
