[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor Regis U.D.C.

  • Bognor Regis (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1970
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Credit: [Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor Regis U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The campaign for clean food handling has been continued by lectures to local organisations, distribution of suitable literature and posters, and discussions at the various premises with management and staff. As the Medical Officer of Health is also the School Medical Officer, every opportunity is taken of talking to groups of mothers and children regarding clean food. WATER SUPPLY I am indebted to Mr. L.J. Simpson, J.P., F.I.C.E., M.I.W.E., Engineer, Portsmouth Water Company, for the following short report on the Waterworks undertaking. The Waterworks Undertaking, owned by the Council, to the 30th September, 1963, consisted of the works and supply area previously comprising the Bognor and Slindon Waterworks Companies. The former was taken over in 1929, under powers conferred in the Bognor (Water, etc.) Act, 1928, and the latter Undertaking was acquired in 1931. The Undertaking was transferred to the Portsmouth Water Company on the 1st October, 1963. Water supplies are derived from wells situated at Fontwell Avenue, Eastergate, where the Eastergate Pumping Station has two 24 in. boreholes piercing the underlying chalk strata. Water from Eastergate is re-pumped from this station for the purpose of supplying the high-level area, in 1963, a new source of supply was brought into service at Westergate Woods, Aldingbourne. An adequate supply of water was afforded to the area throughout the year. The supply was distributed direct to consumers* premises in all cases and available at all times, without restriction. The following chemical and bacteriological examinations were made of the water supplied to the area throughout the year;- Raw water chemical samples ... Raw water bacteriological samples Treated water chemical samples Treated water bacteriological samples ... 22 ... 83 ... 24 ... 237 All treated water samples proved bacteriologically excellent. The quality of the water, as distributed after treatment by continuously applied superchlorin- ation and dechlorination, was, without exception, of the highest standard of organic and bacterial purity. The fluoride content of the water supplied was less than 0.1 p.p.m. The water has no plumbo-solvent action. Frequent sampling of the raw water provides a check on the general conditions, and samples of the water in distribution prove the efficiency of the sterilisation treatment. No action was necessary in respect of any contamination. Analysis of Dwelling Houses and Estimated Population of Bognor Regis supplied with Water by the Portsmouth Water Company; - District Properties Estimated Population BOGNOR REGIS 13,720 32,360