[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Spilsby R.D.C.
- Spilsby (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Spilsby R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Four additional camping sites were licensed and approved under the Town and Country Planning Acts, Pollovdng consultations between the Council and the County Planning Committee with regard to the question of imposing conditions in order to minimize interference with the free flov/ of traffic and to safeguard the amenities of the locality and certain Public Health conditions an agreed schedule of such conditions was mutually agreed upon in principle, such as:- (a) A set back behind the highway boundary, (b) 1/Iaximum niimber of caravans permitted on the site, (c) Class of caravans to be stationed on the site, (d) Area of land to be set aside for recreational purposes, (e) Limit of period for which the site can be used, (f) The siting of caravans, sanitary and ancillary buildings and the planting of trees and shrubs for screening and protection of the site. These regulations will ensiire better conditions for all concerned and vdll improve the amenities of the sites for the mny thousands of campers 'Who enjoy their holidays at our coastal resorts. The purchase of 21 acres of land at Ingoldmells as a site for new Council houses and for moveable dwellings for summer use is under consideration. Sewerage. It is much to be regretted that no progress has been made vdth regard to sewerage and disposal works for our Coastal district. This is in no way the faxilt of the Council, which has made repeated representations to the Ministry to allow the most important works to be started. It would appear that, ha'vlng regard to economic circnamstances and the need to limit capital expenditure in the country on vrorks of this kind, schemes such as have been envisaged and prepared for these rapidly grov/ing areas must be held up. One sincerely hopes, hov/ever, that the Minister will, in the very near future, give us a starting date. I will not again cover the ground as to the urgency for disposal works for this area. I have stressed the matter in previous Annual Reports, and the unsatisfactory state of affairs, particularly at Hogsthorpe, is v/el]- known to members of the Council. A scheme for the extension of the sewer to Partney Road,. Spilsby, for new houses and for the proposed Secondary Modem School was approved by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, and the v/ork had started by the end of the year, a number of connections to the nev/ sewer being completed, A Public Inquiry by the Ministry into the question of pro'viding proper sewerage and disposal works for the village of Stickney was held during the year. For some time the housing question in this -village has been held up ovnjig to lack of these facilities. The whole village requires sev/ering. Buroh-le-li/larsh and YiTainfleet sev/erage schemes are antiquated and unsatisfactory, and I can only repeat, as in my previous reports, the urgent necessity of constructing new treatment v/orks. Meanwhile, dispersed throughout the District, are 22 small sev/age disposal works; these have been built in connection with small and larger newly built housing estates. These schemes are unavoidable on accomt of the lack of sevrers and disposal v/orks in the various parishes. These works require the attendance of a man for two days in the v/eek to give the necessary attention at the Pumping Stations and filter beds; they also require labour to keep the surroundings clean and tidy. It v/ill not be long before the Council must engage a full-time man to super-vise these numerous small treatment plants. 7-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30123689_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
