[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough.

  • Bebington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The No. 6 bore-hole at Hooton has been in continuous service since June 25th, 1948, and b\- means of temporarv pumping plants, an average of about 860,000 gallons of water per day have been obtained from this new bore. A further borehole (No. 7) has now been sunk to a depth of 1.000 feet below ground line, and boring operations have been com- pleted. Water from this bore was first pumped to distribution on 4th June, 1950, and the present average daily quantity is about 1.120.000 gallons. The average combined yield of No. 6 and No. 7 bores (with present machinery) is about 1,900,000 gallons per day. The water from the three pumping stations contains much lime, and the following remarks are similar to those contained in my report for 1949, as so far the West Cheshire Water Board has not been able, owing to present conditions, to revert to its pre-war softening standards, i.e., 13.5 p.p. 100,000 before it is distributed. At Prenton and Mouldsworth sterilisation b^' chloramination is carried out; at Hooton continuous sterilisation by simple chlorina- tion is carried out. At present the water is softened from about 30.5 to 25.5 p.p. 100,000, but the Board intend to resume full-scale softening operations at the earliest possible moment. The pH reaction from our source of supply continues to remain within the limits on an average of 7 to 7.5 and is non-plumbo sol- vent. The samples from the various sources are bright in appear- ance, most .frequently neutral in reaction, and free from iron .and other metals, with the exception of the supply from Mouldsworth Pumping Station which shows a negligible trace of iron. All three sources produce a pure and wholesome water suitable for the public supply purposes. Twenty-four witnessed and certified analyses were submitted by the West Cheshire Wa,ter Board to my department during the year 1950. During the year 1950 no independent .analyses of water have been made by this Council of samples provided by the West Cheshire Water Board.
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