[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Loughborough Borough.

  • Loughborough (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1914
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    The Water Supply. The water supply of the district is derived from the uplands of the Charnwood Forest, a sparsely populated district, most of which is grass-land. The water has no plumbo-solvent action, and is collected from the sources of supply of the Blackbrook and Woodbrook, each stream having a separate Reservoir in which the water is stored. The Blackbrook watershed is the larger, as also is the Reservoir, and stands on a higher altitude so that the water gravitates therefrom to the Wood- brook Reservoir at Nanpantan, where ample means of filtration of the latest type are available to render the water free from all risk of pollution. The supply is ample and continuous, and I am pleased to be able to report that the Town Council have under consideration the extension of the mains to Knightthorpe Road so that the inhabitants of that district may have a supply of water for domestic purposes, free from any contamination or pollution, which should prove a great boon to this part of the district. Rivers and Streams. There is no pollution of rivers or streams from the Borough, as the Sewage effluent is good. Sewerage and Drainage. Sewage is disposed of at the farm by :—(l) Dortmund Tanks, by which a large amount of heavy sludge is extracted ; (2) by irrigation over a cultivated farm, in furrows, with a specially drained subsoil; (3) by bacteria beds ; and (4) by broad irrigation. The Sewage Farm and the works thereon have been acting satisfactorily during the year, and, now that the extensions to the Irriga¬ tion works have been completed, should be of ample capacity for the Borough for some considerable time to come. The sewerage and drainage of the Borough is excellent and sufficient, with the exception of the Knightthorpe Road district, and I trust that the Highway Committee will carry out the necessary works as soon as possible. I am convinced that this is one of the most pressing matters requiring attention, because there is a considerable amount of pollution taking place in the neighbourhood.