[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council.

  • Cheshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1896
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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE COUNTY OF CHESTER, upon the state and condition with reference to Pollution, or otherwise, of all Rivers and Streams in the County outside the Area under the Juris- diction of the Mersey and Irwell Joint Watershed Committee. AT a MEETING of the RIVERS POLLUTION COMMITTEE, held at Crewe, on January 24TH, 1896, it was— RESOLVED—“ That the County Medical Officer be requested to report to this Committee upon the state and condition, with reference to their Pollution, or otherwise, of all the Rivers and Streams in the County outside the Area under the Jurisdiction of the Mersey and Irwell Joint Watershed Committee.” A copy of this Resolution was in due course forwarded to the County Medical Officer of Health, together with a Map of the Watershed of the Rivers Mersey and Irwell above Warrington, which is the Area under the Jurisdiction of the Mersey and Irwell Joint Watershed Committee. The County Medical Officer of Health accordingly drafted a form of “ Return,” rz pollution of rivers and streams from sewage, and sent printed copies of this to the Clerks or Medical Officers ol Health or Surveyors of the Districts within 'or partly within that portion of the County which is outside the Area under the Jurisdiction of the Mersey and Irwell Joint Watershed Committee. This form of “ Return” asked for information under the following heads :— 1. Name of District or Portion of District. 2. Population at Census in 1891. 3. Population in December, 1896. 4. Number of Houses at Census in 1891. 5. Number of Houses in December, 1896. 6. Area in Acres. 7. Names of Rivers, Brooks or Streams in District or Portion of District. 8. Number of Houses provided with Water-closets. 9. Number of Houses on Sewerage System. 10. How is Sewage treated ? 11. Is there Pollution of Rivers, Brooks, or Streams from Effluents ? 12. Is there Pollution of Rivers, Brooks, or Streams from Houses not on Sewerage System ? 13. What is the water-supply of the District or Portion of District ?