[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight Rural District Council.
- Isle of Wight (England). Rural District Council. n 83204987.
- Date:
- 1896
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight Rural District Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Yarmouth sower. offer seemed fair, but it was not accepted by the Corpora¬ tion, who demanded 14s. per house per annum. It was subsequently agreed to submit the question to the arbitra¬ tion of the Local Government Board, a course provided for by sec. 28 P.H.A., 1875. The Local Government Board have consented to arbitrate provided the respective author¬ ities agree about the terms upon which the arbitration shall be based, and at the time of writing an attempt is being made to arrive at these. In my last annual report, I stated by inadvertence the sum you offered was 7s. per head of the population, an error so manifestly accidental, seeing that the proposition was spoken of as not inequitable, that one wonders the time of three public bodies should have been permitted to be wasted in discussing it. The only sewer in your district which connects with that of another authority is the Haylands sewer, which discharges into the sea through the sewers of the Borough of Ryde. You pay the Corporation of that town a capital sum of £1 per house connecting. The consideration thus shown is highly appreciated by their neighbours and customers, in a parish largely agricultural and of small rateable value ; but it must not be forgotten the Corporation of Ryde are not at the ex¬ pense of treating their sewage. I do not compare the parish of ]3g£de with the parish of Carisbrooke, for although Chiller- ton has been separated from Carisbrooke by the County Council, the assessment of the Asylum and of Parkhurst Prison and Barracks adds materially to its rateable value, and you are prepared and willing to pay a fair sum to New¬ port for the convenience of an outfall for the sewage of the village. Another advance has taken place by the completion of the Station Road and Laundry Road sewer at Yarmouth, and the relaying of the Mill Street sewer which it joins. Other improvements have taken place in connection with this work, and especially the manhole covers have been properly brought to the surface of the road-way, and auto-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29498442_0036.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
