[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough.
- Christchurch (Dorset, England). Borough Council
- Date:
- 1937
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![part to blockage of sections of the sewerage system resulting from settlements and crushing of stone-ware pipes laid close upon thirty years ago, and in part to flooding in low lying levels, and action was taken to bring about remedy. The riparian character of your District, its many low-lying levels, and the fact that two rivers of considerable magnitude unite and jointly discharge into the sea on your shores presents many difficult engineering problems in connection with sewage disposal. To these the recent rapid development of housing and the extensive sewerage system completed during the year in the parish of Highcliff have added considerably, and have already necessitated considerable extensions of your pumping plant. The intensive review of the whole system upon which at the present time your Borough Engineer is engaged will shortly be sub- mitted to you, and his advice will be available to you upon the many technical aspects involved. HIGHCLIFF SANITATION. During the year the installation of the sewerage system for the Parish was completed. A site was secured by your Council in Purewell for the sinking of an ejector, the work upon which is now practically completed, and the new Reavetll com- pressor and Diesel engine obtained to deal with the sewerage have been installed at your Pumping Station at Quomps. During the present year the whole system will be in operation and every endeavour will be made to secure that as expeditiously as possible houses are connected therewith with consequent elimination and closing of the hitherto dangerous cesspits. This completion of a sewerage system for Highcliff pre- sents undoubtedly the foremost and most important accomplish- ment as yet reached in the intensive and comprehensive forward policy for sanitary progress which has so signalised the work of your Council during the past two years. The future prosperity of Highcliff is thereby assured. HOUSING. Hk' demolition of derelict dwellings in the area known as the Pit and S])icer Street which in 1936 was declared by vfjur Ouincil to be a Clearance Area was continued during the year, and practically all have now been demolished. During the present year it is hoped that the clearance of this area will be coinjdeted.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29111596_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
