[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Morpeth R.D.C.
- Morpeth (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1960
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Morpeth R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![—12— Mo. 91. * .Tap, 92. Tap, 93. Tap, : 94. Tap, : 95. Tap, ] 96. Tap, i 97. Tap, 98. Tap, : 99. Tap, 100. Tap, : 101. Tap, ] 102. Tap, 103. Tap, i Sewer aj ye and Place of Collection. Result. Date, 21, Dr 1'ridge Avenue Broomhill ' 1 per 100 ml. 22. 11.60 Earsdon East Forest. 35 per 100 ml. 22. 11.60 Longwitton Hall,' Morpeth .2 per 100 ml. 29. 11.60 East Cottages, Longwitton Nil per 100 ml. 29. 11.60 Netherwitton Hall, Morpeth per 100 ml. 29. 11.60 Cottage, Netherwitton Hall .1 (Type 1) 29. 11.60 The Helm, Morpeth 11 per 100 ml. 6. 12.60 Eshottheugh, Morpeth 40 per 100 ml. . 6. 12.60 Shotthaugh, Morpeth 20 per 100 ml. 6. 12.60 Farm Cottage, Bywell 180+per 100 ml. • 6. 12.60 Needless, Hall, Meldon 180+per 100 ml. ,13. 12.60 5, Back Row, Cambo. 160 per 100 ml. 13. 12.60 Cottage, Maj-lington Hall Cambo. 35 per 100 ml. 13. 12.60 Ministry approval was obtained for the provision of a sewer v/ith sea outfalls for Cresswell Village. Following Ministry approval for extension of the sewerage for Pegswood Village, the works were commenced and sub¬ stantially completed during the year, K i t •. ♦ A local enquiry into the necessity for a sewerage scheme for Ulgham Village was held but the year ended without further progress on this scheme, Linton Sewer. Repair of the sewer damaged by subsidence due to mining operations was completed. New Drains and Septic Tanks. New drainage systems with connections to the Council’s sewers were provided, at: - Longhirst 1 Pegswood, 1 Mitford . 2 and with connection to septic tanks at:- Tritlin'gton 1 Ellington ■ 1 Conversion and abolition of conservancy type of sanitary accommodation under the provisions of Section 47? of the Public Health Act, 19^36, continued to diminish and payment of grant was made in three cases only; two in Lcnghirst Parish and one in Mitford. The reduction in applications under this legislation is the natural consequence of the increasing use made of Discretionary and Standard Grants for general housing improvements and some 29 unsatisfactory type closets were abolished by these means leaving approximately 172 still in existence within the Rural' District, Every effort continues to be made to reduce these numbers still further. Schools Hepscott County Primary School remains the only one within the Rural District that is without water carriage sanitation system but as the premises are to be closed before the end of another year the Education Authority considers that expenditure for improvements would be unjustified. public Cleansing. ' Collection and disposal of household refuse throughout the whole of the rural district continued satisfactorily without any alteration in the numbers of employees or in the necessary plant and, as in previous years, the vehicles and ’ crews were also brought into use as occasion demanded, for the levelling of temporary roadways to garage sites adjoining Council Housing estates and for additional duties in connection with the control and clearing of litter from the popular coastal strip extending from Snab Point, Cresswell, to north of-Druridge .Farm,, a distance of some: three miles.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29804103_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
