[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex (England). County Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Local Medical Officer of Health informed the owner accordingly, and requested that until a purer supply of water was obtained all water from the existing well should be boiled before drinking. (ii) Layer Breton. The examination of a sample of water taken from the public well revealed tiie-fact that the water was impure, and that there was a good deal of infiltration going on from the surface or near the surface of the well. Investigation revealed certain in- , sanitary conditions which were probably the sources of pollution. These insanitary conditions have been removed, and meanwhile all | water from the public well is boiled before using, and the villagers have acoess to a private well which yields a wholesome supply of water. Three schemes for installing a public water supply for this village, were submitted to the Rural District Council, who decided that they could not see their way on account of expense to carry any 4 of them out. ■ (o) Burnham Urban. The inadequacy of the supply of water to certain 3 houses in Stoney Hills was the cause of complaint, and on visiting *1 the district it was found that the supply to each house was derived from a shallow well, the nearest water main being 550 yards away, t The only satisfactory solution to the difficulty is by linking up tbe y houses with the water main, and this course was suggested to the “ Local Authority. Meanwhile, certain improvements to the were carried out. wells - Dr. Whice, when reporting on this matter, states :— ■t 1 “ At Stoney Hills, however, the water is drawn from surface i wells only, and its quality is not satisfactory owing to surface contamination. Steps are being taken to remedy this state of things by building brick and concrete walls at the surface of the wells v Another analysis of the water will then be made, and if the water bt * found unwholesome, further recommendations will be made to rectify matters.” (id) Southend Water Company. This Company supplies water to a portior i of the Administrative County. Unfortunately, during several months of the year, they failed to give a constant supply and at some periods the water was most lamentably inadequate. Sorious consideratioi has, therefore, been given to the question of augmenting the supplies ] and schemes are now being prepared which will be submitted to Parlia meat at the earliest possible moment. The Company state that they 1 realise how serious their responsibilities are to the public. From Table A. and the Annual Reports has been obtained the informatiot Deluded in the following table: —