[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Samford R.D.C.

  • Samford (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Samford R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pending the development of tho Council’s own Regional Source of supply these mains are charged with v\rater from several sources as follows Parish Source of supply Shot ley Chelmondlston • 1 from Ipswich Corporation Brantham j Stutton Holbrook Ro-'al Hospital School borewolls East Bergholt Council’s ovm borewell Stratford St„ Mary] Hlgham f Raydon J South Essex Waterworks Co Treated river water. Sproughton Council’s own borewell Preston PTierstead (village) - -y:::—^,,;,r >. i ^ Private spring source (chlorinated before distribution) Private spring source UOTE; Bacteriological analyses of these supplies which are sampled quarterly will he found in Appendix 1, Public Water Supplies (9-) East Bergholt Undertaking Originally the parish (one of the largest) was supplied from an 8 diameter borewell into the chalk and any failure of the pump entailed an interruption in the supply Since the completion of Stage II of the Regional Water Supply Scheme an alternative source from the Ro^/al Hospital School, Holbrook is available although at a somewhat lower pressure. The consumption has risen to as much as 24.000 gallons per day since the eastern end of the parish has been connected. 2