[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Sherborne U.D.C. / Town.

  • Sherborne (Dorset, England). Town Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Sherborne U.D.C. / Town. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C, Environmental Health Services. Sanitary circumstances of the district - 1. SANITARY STAFF. C.E. Bean, ’’m.S.I.A. jA.R.San.I. Sanitary Inspector & Surveyor. H. Shepherd, M.S.I,A.M.R.San.I.Sanitary Inspector for meat inspection. Clerical staff - 3 clerks (part-time). 2. WATER SUPPLY. - 1949. 1948. Rainfall - 26.98 ins. 33.98 ins. The only new major work carried out during the year was the installation of a new electric pump at Castleton Waterworks which came into operation in May. New connections were made as under (a) domestic use. 1 (b) agricultural purposes.1 (c) other purposes.3 1844 houses in the Urban district are provided with a supply direct into the houses, 80 houses obtain their water supply by means of standpipes. 8 houses and a displaced persons Camp (approximately 750 inliabitants) in the area of the Sherborne Rural District, also have a domestic v/ater supply from your Council. During an abnormally dry summer the supply has remained adequate in quantity throughout the j^ear and the quality from each source has reamined satisfactory. 3-^ million gallons were supplied to the Sherborne Rural District Council. 89 bacteriological and 4 chemical- examinations were carried out on the supplies during the year. The water is subjected to filtration and chlorination. A number of private well supplies are used in the district for industrial purposes. Constant supervision of these supplies is maintained in connection with which 37 samples of water v/ere taken and submitted to bacteriological examination. Your attention should again bo drawn to the fact that ball valve hydrants are still in use on jrour water mains, and that the substitution of these by a more satisfactory type of hydrant is called for. 3. DRAINAGE & SE'^VERACE. No major works were carried out during the year. The Council arc still awaiting delivery of the electric pump at the Sewage Disposal Works to deal with ’off-peak’ and night flows. Consideration has also been given during the year to providing a 9” sewer extension in the Bristol Road in connection with the housing site developed there, and to the replacement of sections of defective sewers in Long Street and South Street. 4. PUBLIC CLEANSING. (a^ House Refuse. The local authority’s scheme provides for the collection of house refuse weekly and disposal by controlled tipping. The Council have taken action to acquire a further five acres of land for future use in this connection. (b) Salvage. Special collections (except kitchen waste) ceased on the 1st September 1949 as the collection no longer was an economic proposition. The amounts of salvage collected during the eight months of the year were:-