[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Oxfordshire County Council.

  • Oxfordshire (England). County Council. n 81006935.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Oxfordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Shtpton-undev-Wychwood Portions of the main have been recently re-laid hive « SpT!ng a\S ?Tr°Ppe^ ,considerably, all the houses in the village whTrh his h PPiyi At Upp.er ShiPton there is also a small piped supply vluch has been deficient during 1934 and consideration is being given to a scheme for supplying this part of the village. S K SteePtnTmlltSnn Barton,\ SuPPhed by private wells, a spring at Middle Barton, Dorn ■ as the supply has been deficient in these parishes is has been t, f? necessary to inaugurate a new scheme which has been approved by the Council and is now waiting the sanction of the Ministry of Health The \\Won°Rnh^ Pr°ruOSed nfW Sup?ly iS a deep wel1 <150 feet deeP) near the V orton Road. Chemical examination shows that the water is very hard and contains a considerable amount of iron and suspended matter ; bacterio- examination, was satisfactory. The proposed scheme provides for raising the water by means of an electric motor and pump to a 21,000 gallon concrete reservoir from which the water will be distributed to the village. It is also proposed to install a combined open gravity type of softening and filtering plant near the reservoir. SWertobe satisfactoryP^Pe<^ SUppHeS from sPrinSs in ironstone rock which appear I'ackley^o ftotogP™*6 wells> and one public wel1; a11 are satisfactory and there U cotton. Most of the wells have failed, only one public well having held out Some of the residents have to carry water over a quarter of a mile ; later m the year, however, conditions improved somewhat. Oxford City Council Borough'o^Woodstock0 ^P* ^ °f th® parfSh’ Which adjo.ns the 11 orton. Small piped supplies from springs, which seem to be sufficient. Wychwood. The most populous part of the parish is supplied from the Leafield mams. Chastleton. Private piped supply to a standpipe in the village. Spelsbury. Private supply from springs ; the water is raised to a fountain in the centre of the village. Kmgham. This village is dependent on one public and several private wells many of which failed m 1933, although in 1934 conditions were not quite so bad ; m normal summers several wells usually go dry. It has been suggested that water should be pumped from a spring at the Partridge Cover near Chadhngton to a large reservoir at Sarsden Pillars, and the water gravitated to Kmgham, Churchill and the other villages on the western side of the district. The spring in the Partridge Cover usually gauges about 200 gallons per minute, although m October 1933 it was as low as 26 gallons per mmVte’’ thls would still be sufficient to supply these villages, but the scheme would be an expensive one. Other possible sources which have been sug¬ gested are from the overflow at Sarsden House, which is not sufficient • this n°T fnf? ies s<rveral farms, Kingham Junction and the Hotel, and in ’1933 and 1934 was just sufficient for this. Springs at Cornwell and Daylesford have also been investigated but have not proved sufficient. Finstock. Population 424. Present supply. Three private wells. Three public wells. 1. Public well near Crown Inn. 35 feet deep ; fails in time of drought. Dry from October 1933—April 1934. 6 y 2. Gadden Well. 8 feet deep—fails very quickly ; overflow piped to stand- pipes. £: • ,ppe.°f^r public well does not fail altogether but gets very low and is not sufficient for the needs of the residents in the south-east end of the village. The private supply to Finstock House and Manor Farm forms part of the Cornbury Park system, and although it was very low last autumn it did not actually fail. The other private wells give out very quickly. Water was carted from Fawler Mill from October 1933 to April 1934. Various schemes for a piped supply to the village have been formulated during the last seven or eight years but for various reasons—mainly owing to excessive cost—they were not proceeded with.