[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Brixworth R.D.C.
- Brixworth (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1970
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Brixworth R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![During the year the scheme for sewering the villages of Arthing\^orth and Kelmarsh commenced with the enlargement of the sewage disposal works at Oxendon to treat the additional sewage pumped from these two villages. Satisfactory progress vras made on the scheme during the year, and it should be completed on schedule during 1971. As the various sewage treatment works are scattered throughout the District, maintenance is carried out by mobile teams who visit the different works on a schedule. At two of the larger works, hov^ever, full-time attendance is provided. The standard of effluent discharged from some of the Council's sewage works has been disappointing in the past, and there is a great need to improve maintenance and to modernise many of the existing sewage works which were built at a time of austerity. Sludge drying beds and storage facilities are well below standard at most of the sewage works, and at one \7orks only is a v;ater supply provided. However, the maintenance of the works has improved during 1970, and this has been reflected in the increased standards of effluents now being discharged. Despite this, if the Council is to carry out its statutory duties satisfactorily, improvements must be made to many of the vforks, and modern mechanical aids provided to assist in raising the standard req.uired. A scale of charges is operated by the Council for the reception and treatment of farm effluents, as required by the Public Health Act, 1961. Dairy farms are, of course, the type of farm which give rise to the greatest flow of farm wastes, and a large number of such farms exist in the Rural District. DISIITFSCTIOI'I Concurrent and terminal disinfection by means of gaseous liquid disinfectants is carried out in houses vrhere certain infectious diseases are notified. No requests for disinfection of premises were received during the year. DISINFj]3TATI0N This service, which includes the eradication of bed bugs, is carried out on behalf of the Council at the request of owners or tenants of houses complaining of the presence of vermin. No action was necessary during 1970. - 25 -](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28957970_0053.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
