[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Martley R.D.C.
- Martley (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1950
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Martley R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SEWEMGS /-iro SEY/AG-E DISPOSAL (Contd) Lei,?h Sint on The provi^n of treatment works and the extension of existing sewers v/ill have to he considered for this area as serious pollution is now being caused to Carey's Brook into v/hich the existing sev/or discharges. The present system which sein/es severs.1 houses, including a small Coimcil Housing Estate, consists of small settlement tanks spaced along the line of the sewer and this method does not prevent the discharge of crude sew'age into the brook, which is used for v/atering ca.ttle It is likely that some complaint may be made by the Severn Rivers Board in the near future, and it vrould be advisable to have a pre liminary scheme prei^ared for inclusion in the Council's programme of future works. 4 WATER SUPPLIES Private Supplies As shown in the report of the Medical Officer, 55 samples of water from private sources were submitted for examination, and 37 of these v/ore found to be unsatisfactory. This does not necessarily mean that 67/o of all private water supplies in the district are unsatisfactory, as sampling usually taices place from sources v/hich ane suspect or about which complaints have been received. These results, ho^TCver, combined v/ith others over a number of yeans, shov/ tha^t there is an urgent need for an improvement in the supx^ly of drinking w^ater throughout the district as a whole. In the pxarish of Mai'tley several, sources were found to be deteriorating in qua.lity and it Y/as decided to saunple a.ll v/ells wdthin that axe a. In all six wells woro sampled y/ithin a radius of 100 yards and every one found to be polluted with feacol. type coli. This example shows the problem Yvhich must be faced in the very near future. Pub].ic Supplies, Det.ails of the number of houses supplied from public mains axe given in the report of the Medical Officer, No extensions or alterations to these supplies were maide during the year. The schem.e for supplying ten paxishes in the centra.! area of the district with wnter obtained from the City of Worcester v/as prepai'ed by the Council's Consulting Engineer. This scheme was carefully considered by the Council but was finally rejected on the groimds that it yyould be more expensive proportionately than a coini)rehensive scheme y/hich v/ould cover a much larger axe a. A comprehensive scheme which had been prepared for supplying the vhiole of the Council's area north of the river Tome had been rejected in 1949 a.s being too expensive. This scheme v/as con¬ sidered a.gain by the Council who fina.lly decided that it should be approved and foxv/arded to the Ministry of Health vyith the ad¬ dition of the parishes south of the river Tene.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29792861_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
