[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Aethwy R.D.C.

  • Aethwy (Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Aethwy R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OE THE SANITARY INSPECTOR FOR THE YEAR 1930 SANITARY CIRCUS ST \dCES OP THE DISTRICT. Water Supply. TI10 water supply of the from shallow wells which are and concern to the Council, the quality of the 'water in desired standard of fitness. District is generally derived a constant source of complaint Many of them go dry in Summer and several of them is not of the Protective works to prevent pollution, have, in many instances, proved satisfactory to the extent that water samples token from well's, which previous to reconditioning were not satisfactory, are now free from pollution. As a precautionary measure the Council has agreed to have warning signs posted near each public well in use in the District warning the public that the -;cter from the well must be boiled before use. c The Llandegfan water supply scheme, constructed in 194-3* is working satisfactorily but unfortunately there is not sufficient water to provide 0 full piped supply in Summer. The County water.scheme .will be available by the Summer of 1952 to augment the supply considerably. There are 23 well distributed stand-posts to supply a population of about 350 nd 27 houses hve a piped supply laid on. oper; The Anglesey Watc !tes the Bryngwyn >r Supply Committee Mawr Scheme which has sorv constructed and ? 3 the of Brynsiencyn, Dwyran and Hewborough, The Scheme villages is working very satisfactorily. There is plenty of pure ' ter available, all the year'round, but unf ortuha'tely only a very small proportion of the landlords and tenants have gone to the expense of having the w-ter 1c the main purpose of a piped wa id on to their ter scheme. houses, which is C20 The The average Sj the cost rents are and in my Act, 1936, a operated the tenants cost of having the water laid on to a house is and the too low opinion say it is the landlord's responsibility to bear landlords say they cannot afford it because the . This controversy goes on from year to year the sooner section 138 of the Public Health Wn-f imended by th< better. This in water laid on to the nouse within a ter Act, 194-5 effect compels ■°ection the o'n> 30 is ;r to have a specified time mi he Cefni Water Supply scheme is available at Gaerwen Llanfair P.G. 'aid win be available at Llango ?d, Llangaffo Malltraeth in 1952. and and Sewage Disposal Schemes. The Council’s Consulting Engineers ore preparing schemes of Sewage Disposal for the villages of Brynsiencyn, Dwyr^n and Newborough -nd uhey are expected every day. There will be a considerable amount of formalities to be complied with before the construction of the schemes will commence, such as, approval of the scheme, the amount of Grants available, public inquiries, purchase of the necessary land and easement (possibly by compulsory purchase) submission and approval of the tenders. All these necessary formalities take a considerable time to settle* Sc avenging. The scavenging of the whole are' is collected twice a month and the system appears to be adequate to meet the demand If more householders took advantage of the service there would be less complaints about scattered litter.