[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Shrewsbury Borough.

  • Shrewsbury (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1948
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Shrewsbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    19/60 (page 17)
    SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA Water Supply Mr. A. H. Baldwin (Water Bngineer) ha.s kindly provided the following notes on the water supply of the town, together with statistics of laboratory examinations at Shelton W'aterworks :— “ River Severn Supply. —During the year under review Sheltcm Works have supplied the whole of the Borough’s water reejuirements free of all restriction. The average daily cpiantity supplied amounted to 1,SG5,201 gallons, which is equivalent to 41.1 galkms per head per day. The per capita consumption is again less than the previous year due to continued waste detection and reduction in consumption for trade purposes. Routine daily chemical and bacteriological examinatkms are carried out at Shelton on the water at separate stages in treatment. A summary of the results of these examinations is given in the accompanying table. It will be noted that the bacteriological condition of the raw water was much better than previous years, but contained larger amounts of colloidal peat giving a high colour. It is considered that both these effects are due to weather conditions. The water supplied to the towm has continued to reach the very high standard of purity demanded for public water supplies in this country.”