[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Alnwick U.D.C.
- Alnwick (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1965
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Alnwick U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![One sample was taken for chemical analysis and the bacteriological condition was extremely unsatisfactory. It contained 180+ coliform organisms per 100 milliletres of water and these proved tc be E coli of faecal origin. The sample was taken from a land spring at Redesdale, The Moor, where it was proposed to pipe to a farm house and cottage. This scheme was finally abandoned. RESULTS OF WATER SAMPLES (BACTERIOLOGICAL) Whether water Satisfactory Suspicious Unsatis- Source of Supply treated or untreated Class I Class II Class III factory Class IV Alnwick Low Supply (C.W.B.) Treated 8 - - - Alnwick High Supply Untreated 9 - - - Freemen's Supply Untreated 3 - - - The number of dwelling houses, and the number of the population supplied from public water mains are as follows Number of Populations Dwelling Houses Supplied (a) Direct to houses 23^+0 7362 (b) By means of standpipes 15 29 FOOD (1) MILK All dealers' licences are granted by the Northumberland County Council as the food and drugs authority, and regular sampling has been carried out by the County Public Health Inspector. Results of Samples (Bacteriological) Designation — Satisfactory ' 1 J- ■] Unsatisfactory Untreated 3 2 Pasteurised 31 - One sample was found to be negative for tuberculosis and Br. Abortus](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28801362_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
