[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Newton Abbot R.D.C., Newton Abbot U.D.C., Dawlish U.D.C.

  • Newton Abbot (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Newton Abbot R.D.C., Newton Abbot U.D.C., Dawlish U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the closets are of the privy type, except at Livaton, where water closets are more numerous ; these, however, are as a rule not flushed. There are no sewers. The drainage of one house has been renewed. With the exception of some cases of whooping cough, resulting in one fatality, the parish was free from infectious disease ; it had the low death rate of 7 '9. ippfepen population 789—acreage 2887. An upland village, on a shale and limestone formation, dependent on wells —in many cases of inferior quality. The Paignton water scheme, after much delay, may be said to be approaching completion, so that it is to be hoped that this question will be satisfactorily solved at no distant date. A suitable site has been settled on for the reservoir. There are a good many water closets—without flush in most cases ; the sewerage, which is mostly of modern construction, is piped throughout and is all brought to one outfall in a meadow ; a portion, which was in the hands ol a private owner, has been acquired by the authority. The drainage of 3 houses has been renewed. No infectious disease was reported in 1904. It is to be hoped that the Great Western Railway Company will see their way to providing a station as near the village as possible on the proposed new line. There is at present no accommodation for this or the neighbouring villages of Denbury and Broadhempston and such a provision would be to the advantage of all the neighbourhood and would do much to give an impetus to its development. In these days communities lying at any distance from a railway tend to stagnate, and both in the residential and agricultural interests of the district a great boon might thus be conferred upon a numerous population and a rich district. KingfSkersweSI population 1,027—acreage 1,797. A large residential village occupying a position nearly midway between Newton Abbot and Torquay, whose water supply it shares ; a few wells still remain in use. Water closets are general ; there are two' sewer outfalls; both of these have settling tanks, the overflow from which irrigates meadow land ; they are managed by the authority. The sewers are piped throughout. NEW WORK. 1.900 feet of new sewer was laid in the past year, to accommodate a district north of the village which has hitherto drained into the stream, causing some nuisance. 700 feet of new water main has been put down. Some tendency to build has been displaying itself here of late, and 7 new houses were built in 1904 ; 3 old cob and thatch cottages have been destroyed, and are being replaced by modern dwellings ; these are signs of future prosperity.