[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Stoke-upon-Trent Borough.

Stoke-on-Trent (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1961

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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Stoke-upon-Trent Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES WATER BOARD Register of Rainfall in 1961, kept at the Meir, Longton (By the courtesy of C. V. Brown, Esq.) No. of days on Total which -01 inch Depth (ins.) or more fell January . . . 4-08 22 February. . . 2-68 16 March . 1-02 10 April . 3-80 23 May . 1-75 8 June . 1-19 8 July . 3-20 15 August . . . 3-85 23 September . 2-37 17 October . 4-25 24 November . 1-44 15 December . 2-53 14 Totals . . 32-16 195 In 11)60, the total rainfall was 42-87 inches. WATER SUPPLY The water supply of the City is provided by the Staffordshire Potteries Water Board, and is mainly obtained from the wells and boreholes sunk in the New Red Sandstone rocks. A small quantity is obtained from springs issuing from the Millstone Grit. I'he supply is a constant one, and practically all the houses within the City have a piped supply for domestic purposes. Only a few persons draw water from standpipes. Water is supplied also for the trade pur¬ poses of the district. The water is not plumbo-solvent and Chloramine treatment is applied to the whole of the water supply. During the year ended 31st Deceml)er, 1961, the Board took 552 Bacteriological and 122 Chemical samples of water as supplied to the district, and they were reported on as being very satisfactory, clear and bright in appearance and of the highest standard of bacterial purity, indicative of a pure and wholesome water suitable for the purpose of public supply”. Of the total number of Samples taken, 99-6% were free from faecal contamination (Bacteria Coli) and 98% free from Chlostridium Welchii organisms.