[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunbarton County Council.

  • Dumbartonshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunbarton County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Scottish Home Department intimated that the scheme be curtailed and that the sewers only be constructed, and that no sewage disposal works be provided meantime. With- out the sewage disposal works it is not possible to utilise the sewers for the drainage of the properties within the District. Negotiations are still proceeding in an endeavour to obtain the sanction of the Scottish Home Department to complete the scheme as originally proposed. Vale of Leven and Renton Special Drainage District.— During the year the sewers and pumping stations were satis- factorily maintained. Samples of the effluent discharged into the River Leven and samples of the river water were taken during the year and analysed. The results obtained were satisfactory and indicated that the plant was working efficiently. The Scottish Home Department intimated that owing to the war emergency no work should be started on the proposed surface water sewers for which a grant has been promised from the Commissioner for Special Areas. The sump manholes in the original drainage system were filled with concrete and a proper channel and benching pro- vided.. The work was carried out by the following- contractors :— Messrs. John A. Paton & Sons, Alexandria and Ballooh. Alexandria. Mr. John Thomson, Alexandria. Bonhill and Jamestown. Messrs. Wm. Graham & Son, Renton. Renton. The sewers to deal with the housing scheme at Cordale, Renton, were completed. Notices were served under Section 103 of the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897, in connection with the construc- tion of a sewer to relieve the sewers in the Burnbrae Area. It was necessary to negotiate with the London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company about the section where the sewer crosses the Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line Railway at