[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypridd U.D.C.

  • Pontypridd (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypridd U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ] 7 RAINFALL REGISTERED AT LANYVOOD RESERVOIR PONTYPRIDD. DURING 1940. Month. Inches. January 4.38 February 0.16 March 5.17 April 3.72 May 1.90 June 0.93 July 6.93 August 0.51 September 2.38 October 9.51 November 15.13 December 4.98 Total 61.7 The average rainfall recorded at the above station for the last ten years is 60.02 inches. Four samples of water from the public supply were taken by the Health Department and submitted for chemical analysis, and four for bacteriological examination ; all were reported to be satisfactory. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE. A complete water-carriage system of sewerage, seventeen miles in length, controlled by the Pontypridd and Rhondda Joint Sewerage Board, extends from the Rhondda Urban Area to the sea. All authorised inhabited houses in the Pontypridd urban locality are connected with this main sewer, with the exception of approximately 110 dwellings, which lie outside the statutory distance. In addition to the above a number of vans and tem- porary dwellings in the area are of necessity employing the conservancy system of sewage disposal. CLOSET ACCOMMODATION. There are approximately 106 houses in the district without separate closet accommodation, one water closet serving the needs of two houses.