[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Calne Borough.

  • Calne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Calne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bacteriological Examination. Presumptive coliform organisms absent in 100 millilitres of the water. From the above results, the water shows a high degree of purity, and is suitable for potable use. Sewerage and Sewage Disposal. Practically the whole of the developed portion of the Borough is now sewered, although there will always, of necessity, be a few houses, mostly isolated, which either drain into cesspools or are provided with earth closets. The sewage disposal works situated in the Rural District of Caine and Chippenham, about 1 £ miles to the north-west of the town were modernised in 1928 at a cost of approxi- mately £19,000 and continue to function satisfactorily. The effluent which discharges into the river Marden just below Hazeland Mill, about one mile below the sewage works is normally up to the required standard. The sewage disposal works were inspected by Dr. Gray (Assistant County Medical Officer of Health] and the County Sanitary Inspector (Mr. T. R. Cox) on the 3rd April and they reported as follows: “ These works appeared to be well supervised. The filters were in good order, storm tanks empty, no accumulations of sludge or screenings and no evidence of river pollution at the point of outfall. A sample was collected from the outlet of the humus tanks, which were due tor cleaning out. The Analyst’s report how- ever that although the sample was below the standard of the Royal Commission, it was not likely to cause nuisance or pollution.”