[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Wycombe R.D.C.
- High Wycombe (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1966
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Wycombe R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SANITATION, When the first Rural Water S was being discussed in the House that the object of the Bill was t the making of plans so that a sus made on the problem of the 30 per of rural England and Wales vv^ho v^e reach of adequate wholesome water estimated that in the period sine 30 per' cent has dropped to 1 per are still areas which have to rec these are generally the more spar the water programme can be said t implemented satisfactorily,. u ppli e s 8c Sew e r ag e B1 11 0 f Co mm ons 11 w a s sa 1 ci 0 f OS t e r a nd s t 1 m u ^ a t e t aine d a 11 ack 0.] 1 d b e cent 0 f the in ha V.) 1 L a 11 ^ c: r e s t i 1 1 b eyo i\A ♦ w he in p i P es 0 I i 1 s now e 1944 the f 1 gu r e of c ent 3 A1 t ho ugh t her e e ive P i ped wa t e r supp li e s ely P 0 pul ate d pa r t s an d 0 have bee n d e V e 1 ope d a n The same cannot be said about the provision of sewerage facilities which are not likely to be completed in rural areas for at least another ten yearso The 19'^^ Act authorised 15 million pounds to be made available for grants to local authorities for water and sewerage scheme in rural areaso In 1951 the amount was increased by 30 million pounds and this was repeated in l955o A further 30 million pounds has been authorised by the Act of 1965 and it is expected that this additional amount g making a total authorisation since \9kk of 105 ml111 on pounds will be sufficient for the next period of five >ear o It is interesting to note that at 30th Sept ember^ 196 29 million pounds had been allocated for water supply and k2 million pounds for sewerage facilitieso This indicate the changing emphasis in the work being carried out under these ActSo In our own district cesspools and septic tanks have been eliminated on a large scale in recent years due to the implementation of main drainage schemes in the more populated parts of the districto Areas remaining to be sewered include Lacey Green^ Loosley Row, parts of Kimbl Ellesborough and parts of Bledlow Parish, Bledlow Ridge and Medmenhamo e Lack of main problems of unsati dation and retards drainage facilities perpetuate the sfactory drainage and sanitary accommo- the work of improving our older homes](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29428336_0073.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
