[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridge-Blean R.D.C.

  • Bridge-Blean (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridge-Blean R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Water Supplies The few groups of dwellings which are not on mins water supply are kept under observation as Mr. Brewster's report shows and where the supply is doubtful in quality or inadequate, mins extensions are sought. A case of shallow well supply which has always been adequate in quantity but was found to fail in quality called for special advice and an automatic chlorination process was installed by the owner, to tide over until the future allows a mains extension. We were invited to take part in discussions on the use of river mter for the pit head baths at the local colliery. This would have reducedihe draw off a mins water supply that in the warmth of summer can snow a troublesome drop in pressure, and we were sorry to learn that a scheme which was going to produce a safe alternative supply to the baths had been abandoned. Sewage and Sewerage Schemes In Adisham the subjects of water supply and sewerage intermingle,and local improvements were bedevilled by sterile discussions that seemed to promise a min drainage scheme. In view of the stasis that had developed in discussions with the Thanet Water Board a review of the local situation and of existing outline proposals was submitted to the Council. It cannot be claimed that this review made things clearer, or that it produced progress during 1957. But it is significant that a scheme which was to have laid a trunk sewer over a water addit has been abandoned and that a limited extension of an existing Council house sewage treatment plant which disposes of effluent by surface soakaway, to meet the needs of an additional group of houses has been found acceptable by the Water Board and others concerned. Hoath Sewage Scheme was the subject of an enquiry. Sturry main drainage was also enquired into by the Ministry Inspectors. The local private enquiry, having been gratuitously publicized by a magazine circulating locally became an informal public enquiry and the tolerant good humour of the Inspectors in face of the unexpected gave much local pleasure in the same measure as the outcome gave satisfaction. Blean Drainage A review of the conditions in Blean was made with the valued assist- ance of Parish Councillors and a report on the urgent need of improvement here was submitted to the Council.