[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Isle of Wight) Borough.

  • Newport (Isle of Wight, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Isle of Wight) Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RIVERS AND STREAMS. Rivers and Streams.—The river-bed adjacent to the Quay and its upper reaches are kept in a fairly cleanly condi¬ tion, and accumulations of mud removed periodically. Part of the river wall at Little London has been completed, reclaiming land for extension of the Quay, and confining the river to its proper channel. There has been no pollution of the river calling for attention. Drainage and Sewerage.—1999 feet of 4in. or 6in. glazed stoneware pipe drain has been laid in place of old defective drains. I gather from the Surveyor that no difficulty has been experienced with the Sewage system, and everything is working satisfactorily. The whole of the Sewerage gravitates to the Works at the Town Quay, where it is chemically treated, the sludge being extracted and pressed and sold for manure, the effluent passing into the river. The whole sewerage system is automatically flushed by cisterns fixed at high levels, and all the modern sewers are ventilated by upcast shafts, no complaints having been received as to the Sewers during the year. Closet Accommodation.—The whole of the accommo¬ dation in the Borough is on the water carriage system. A considerable number of the above are hand flushed, but these are gradually being supplied with flushing cisterns, a very necessary arrangement if the closets are to be kept in proper sanitarv order. t/ Scavenging.—Formerly this work was carried out by contract, the refuse being carted outside the Borough, and deposited on farms, and ploughed into the land. The Corporation now carry out this work, employing their own labour, the refuse being taken to the refuse destructor on the Town Quay and incinerated, a great improvement on the former method, but unfortunately, owing to the