[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Penzance (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of samples taken for analysis v/as as hereunder;- Samples Supplies Drift Domestic Works Boscathnoe Domestic V/orks Others Public Private Raw _ — _ _ 5 Treated 52 55 52 50 10 Chemical 1 1 2 1 Plijunbo- Solvency 1 mm mm (b) . Drift Scheme» The hope expressed in last year’s report that 1955 would see the final conclusion of the long drawn out business in connection v/ith this scheme v/as not fulfilled^ but some progress was made tovmrds that end. The year has been spent in clearing up legal problems and agreement vms reached v/ith the Trewidden Estate on the land to be acquired for the reservoir. The Draft Water Order was published during the year, (c) . Boscathnoe, The new filtration plant was opened on the 6th April, 1955> and has been very satisfactory in service. Since being brought into full-time use the water from this source has been consistently good and the equal of that supplied from Drift. It is gratifying to be able to report the cessation of those intermittent and often disturbing unsatisfactory bacteriological re¬ ports which formerly characterised this v/ater supply, (d) . Minor Supplies. With the ab<andonment of the Heamoor supply, reported in the 1954 Report, only the Tolcarne and Gulval supplies remain in use to augment the two major supplies. Both of these subsidiaries have proved satisfactory under sampling despite adverse con¬ ditions of collection and storage. (2) Sewer ante Further progress was made with the Council’s com¬ prehensive scheme for dealing with the many problems arising from out-moded sev/erage systems in various parts of the Borough. A sewer v/as laid from Paul to Mousehole with the intention of eliminating the septic tank at Paul, but the latter part of the plan was deferred in deference to the strong objections from the residents in Mousehole because the outfal] discharged into the Mousehole harbour. As a temporary measure the sewer has been connected to the outlet of the septic tank, which will be removed only v/hen a nev/ outfall has been constructed at Mousehole. The v/ork of constructing a nev/ intercepting sewer round the harbour at Newlyn was started in the Autumn. V\lhen completed this sewer v/ill pick up all the many minor outfalls now discharging into the Newlyn harbour. As a result of the various sewerage projects which have been completed in recent years 6 earth closets -5-