[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Brackley R.D.C.

  • Brackley (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Brackley R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Place. Sewerage. Sewage Disposal Works. Lower MidflXfetoii Ch-cney Completed Completed. Upper Middleton Cheney Scheme being prepared Scheme being prepared. Moreton Pinkney Completed Completed, Overthorpe Completed Completed. Radstone Scheme being prepared Scheme being prepared. Sulgrave Completed Completed. Syresham Completed Completed. Thenford Deferred Deferred. Thorpe Mandeville Completed Completed. V/hitfield Completed Completed. Yj'ater Supply - R^^gional Scheme, This is controlled and supplied by the Bucks Water Board, The source of the supply is the River G-reat Uuse at Buckingham, Treatment of the v/ater consists of storage, sedimentation, super-chlorination, rapid sand filtration and accelator-chloi'amination. Both physically and bacteriologically the water as supplied to this district was considered to be s-atisfactory as is shevm by the results of the samples taken by the Health Inspectors, The water is non- plumbo-solvent and Fluoride was not added to the water in 19^6, A complaint of taste and smell of chlarine and two complaints of ■hrovm discolouration in the water were received during the year by the Health Department, These several complaints were investigated and taken up v;ith the Water Board who, as usual, promptly carried out remedial measures. There is a good relationship existing between the Officers of the Water Board and this Council, The Bucks ?/ater Board took 292 samples of the rav/ water before treatment and the number of these samples in which coliform organisms were detected was 291. Faecal coliform organisms were present in 284 samples. In addition 3^8 samples of the fully treated water were examined, 6 of these samples yielded coliform organisms and faecal coliform organisms were found in only 2 of these samples. During the year 199 dv/ellings were connected to the mains by the Board and the following table shews the number of dwellings supplied by mains water in each parish. Bacteriological Samples of Regional bu] Additional samples taken by the Health Department in this iistrict were as follows; all the samples were bacteriologically sa.tisfactory and no coliform organisms v/ere detected:-