[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Martley R.D.C.

  • Martley (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Martley R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IV. A m 'k -Ji V DISPOSAL. private Supplies. aS •..lentioned in the re ort of the I'edical CificePo o2 s ar.ipli: of sources v/ere exav.iined by tlie _jialyst v/ho reported for drinkiny purposes. '/here possible these unfit cases, v/ater froM private that 53 v/ere unfit v/ells \7ore treated in an attempt at improvement v.iiich, in some was obtained. In several cases deep coated sources of x^ollution v/ere fovmd v/hich v/ere incapable of treatment and in svich cases v/ater has to be boiled if no alternative supply is availo.]:le. i'rom nreviovis records it would appear that more \/ell v/ator and in m; land for G becominy unsuitable for drinhiny opinion this is dvie to the continued vise of the surrounding drama, .e a nd niyht ioil disposal. diis nuostion .yives me some concern ^specially as houses are beiny sold to torn dv/ellers not immunised apainst this type of water. who are As mentioned above, the eury Lane are; bad in this respect and I recomiend to the v/ater supply from the Govmcil liousin made as soon as possible. of tie/ is particularly ' ^ i. L/ an extension of te adjoining should be he Council that ^ r-x -f~ ‘ 0 ( Samples from as a matter of rou ..iegional liousiny 0 inx or;ia’Gion i^efore excessive hardness 170 degrees hardne degrees. This v/a drinkin g ^ but y our decision. In add boilers and v/ater charges and tn.e in ap-pear to be an ei boreholes sunk to supply nev/ Council houses are taken tine and the results submitted to the principal fficer of the ministry of Ilealthj who requires this approving the site. In several cases v/ator of an has been re'portedp one case in particular showing wnicn after 7 days pumping was reduced to 84 ;ation of domestic ter was passed by the ministry of health as fit for kedical Officer and myself do not agree with this ition tlie ciuestion of the encrust, pipes must be considered in assessing s ta 11 at i on, of wart er pensive rei.iedy. aintenance softeners or calorificrs would A routine samxvle of the water sug^ivlying Council Houses at Suck ley v/as examined and sliov/ed an excessive amount of lead, wtops were taken to test the v/ater from the storage tanks ^ mains etc. separately but no definite evidence as to the source of tlie lead w'as forthcoming. This lead content slo 'ly decreased and has now ipi’actically disappeeired. In all, 22 samples were taken and the lead content fell from 0.18 x^arts per 100,000 to a v ci '.p r slight trace. Pub 1 ic oUp'plie s , from -publi Details of the number of houses supplied been given in the report of tlvc reisort of the kedical 0 •/lains fficer has ITo extensions year. to, or alterations to, these supplies were made during the m skeleton scheme of suvpply to tlie parishes north of was submitted by the Govuicil’s Consulting engineer to the Health last year, with a rennest for permission to oink a Although many details have been furnished to the kinistry request, no notice of an Enciuiry has been received as yet ation of piped sirpplies throughout the district is an ur^'’' especially in several parishes wliei'e lack of \/ater is 'pr building of much needed houses; farms and existing d'ell these areas are also short of water and this reflects in duction figures and other agricultural “produce. the T. - 1.1. kivor feme nistry of trial borehole at their , The install' ent necessity, )venting the ing houses in the milk pro- It is hoped that tlie i:inistry will be and enable the Council to foruiulate cone re mains at least in those areas wliere v/ater able to expedite their enciuirg to xmoposals for installing sliortage is always apparent.