[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Alnwick (Union) R.D.C.
- Alnwick (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Alnwick (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![]0 scheme of the Hmixky ain-d Togston. water supply, on account of lack of funds.'the new 50,000 gal. reservoir has not been fully 'available, owing to .the impossibility of feeding the 4-inch trunk .main through the existing 3-inch bran/h about half a mile in length. On account of the fact that the population solved by this systefh has increased from 1,600 from its commencement in 1892 to nearly 4,000 at the present time, the duplica- tion of the main was far as Warkworth Old Barns is daily becoming a more pressing necessity. The Alnmoufh water supply was severely tested during the 'oing droughty when the village was full of visitors in summer, and the borehole supply at Bilton Banks was connected in for some weeks. This feeder was found in 188?, when the Company were drifting for coal, and it has been fastened down ever since. A range of pipes has since been laid, about 900 yards in length, and the water brought up to the surface at the pit in a 3-mch pipe. A note at the end of an analysis taken by Mr. Newbigin in September, 1905, states:—“This is a sample pi very good water. As I understand it can be kept clear, and shut off from any source, of pollution, it would be quite suitable for drinking purposes, and general domestic use. ’ The branch pipe to the steading at Glantlees has been re-newed, and an extension of it laid to the cottage by the Council,; in accordance with the agreement of the owner of the springs. Various schemes have beer considered by your Council, and borings has been made by. the Alnwick Castle Authorities, for supplying Chester House, where the pii .np-welil is polluted by sewage, and the village of Acklington, where the nearest grave in the churchyard is about 33 yards off the well, but, unfortunately, no workable scheme has been devised for this small township. An analysis of the water of the pump well at Edlingham New Town, which is 38 feet deep, and near the steading, has been taken, and the report states:—“This is a sample of polluted water. It is not fit for use for drinking purposes.’’ Sir John Swui'.hnrn’s tenants at this place now cany water from a. field drain instead. 'The storage tank at Broxfield has been enlarged. At Bilton Banks materials have been delivered for a pumping scheme for the Alnwick Castle Authorities to force up part of this supply to Spy law, Bilton Barns, and High Buston The following farms and cottages are badly off for water:—Ackling- ton Low Park (owner the Buka of Northumberland). The well consists of a trough supplied by a field drain which dries up in summer, when water hes to be carried about a mile. Middle Caw ledge Park (owner Bukc of Nor thumberland). The water supply, which issues into a trough cut o fthe ground below the leved of the cattle yard, frequently dries up, ; when drinking w'ater is obtained from a small -p; dingy the access to which is:across the deep ravine «of the burn. Sturton Grange «8outh Side (ow-ner--Mr Fenwick). The w-eil below the level *'f the (instead dries up in summer, when wiator has to ho carried half a mile. Shipley Lane (■owner Mr. W. Bodds). Water-for drinking purposes is carted in a barrel from a burn; and about 200 ya-rds•-higher no the stream it- is defiled at](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28800540_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
