[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Beaminster R.D.C.

  • Beaminster (Dorset, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Beaminster R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hooke Source. SANI1:4RY GIRCUI'ASTilNCES OF TH];] AREA. WATER SUPPLIES. O' Toller Whelrae Bore-hole rms found to yield only 2,250 Scheme the quantity estimated for a Regional to tnirp lant Engineers vrere asked to investigate the propcsal to ndvi Hooke springs below the cressbeds and also beforp it possibility of purchasing water from the springs revised through the cressbeds and to submit a Report and considerP^thp^S ^944 scheme. In June, the. Council orovis-ion 1 Report on the above and decided to negotiate a Eoi 1 ag^Teement fOr the acquisition of the watercress beds, with the Owner of the cressbeds, the Council ^ -.H Engineers to gauge the flow of water from [the springs to which the owner had agreed. In December, the W6re informed that the Ministry were prepared to consider the orimv^*c.•S'? ^ P^^ovisional agreement had been reached for the acquisition of the source, Corscombe and Halstock Scheme, Counoi?iR^nli?^T'?'o ^'4nistry held a Local Enquiry concerning the Rohpmp apo ication for the issue of an Order regarding the above Ultimate demand will be 53,000 to poRt I'eached in 25 years time^ the scheme being estimated w OTf-'P-n’ 1 Q^nii August, the Order known as the Beaminster niade. It was resolved to negotiate with the thP pnnQii?t^^+land and water rights, and in November, had been placed^^^^^^^^^ stated that an order for pipes and castings Netherbury Scheme. to Beaminster supply at Parnham to invpRti^SQtp^^+? Gornpleted in May, and in November, it was decided Cross Area^ ^ possibility of extending the main to the White Broadwlndsor Scheme, Of Gtoke Abbott be investigated! Thorncombe Scheme. It Was deciaed to install a chlorinator in this supply. Water Samples, 97 samples were taken for anal3^ses, with the folloxving results. Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory, Suspicious, Mains. 13 22 *» w-l- w • 10 3 o 0 j. 10 - 3 17 - 10 1 3 6 — -