[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council.

  • Glamorgan (Wales). County Council. nb2014013905.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rural Water Supplies and Sewage Act, 1944. Schemes made under this Act for the extension of piped water supplies and for the provision of sewerage facilities were referred by the rural district authorities during the year for the observations of the County Council prior to their submission to the Welsh Board of Health for the requisite approval. These obser\’ations were called for in order to afford the County Council an opportunity of expressing its views on the scope of the schemes as in certain instances comprehensive schemes may be preferable to more local ones. In addition, the Act required County Councils to make a contribution towards the cost but subse- quently an intimation was received that as Glamorgan is situate wholly in the South Wales Development Area as defined in the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945, grants were determined for the time being on the assumption that no contribution would be paid by the County Council. Schemes submitted during the year were as follows :— {a) Sewerage Schemes. Penybont Rural Cowbridge Rural Do. Cardiff Rural . . Neath Rural . . Heolaethog, Llangynwyd Village, Southerndown, and Ogmore-by-Sea. Llanblethian and Aberthin (jointly with Cowbridge Borough), Tylagarw, Tyny- ' bryn, and Coedcae Lane. Final section of scheme for St. Athan and Gileston. Pent3n:ch. Scheme for the new houses to be erected at Gwaelodygarth. Clyne, Rhigos, Aberbarwed, and Resolven. {b) Water Schemes. Neath Rural .. Gower Rural . . Cowbridge and Peny- bont Rural Districts Banwen and Bryncoch, Rhigos, Tonmawr, Upper Fforchdwm, Cilfrew, Pentre Clwyda, Tonna, Cefnyrallt, Resolven to Clyne. (i) Comprehensive scheme for Gower Rural District, at a cost exceeding £100,000, including an extension of water mains at Oxwich and Reynoldston, at a cost of £13,976 10s. Od. The Mid-Glamorgan Water Board has been informed by the Welsh Board of Health that schemes have been approved for loan consent in the following parishes : Llanharry, Llanblethian, Colwinstone, Marcross in the Cowbridge District and Coity Higher, St. Brides Major, and Pencoed in the Penybont Rural District. These schemes provide for a further extension in the water supplies to rural areas in the County which, when they are completed, will be adequately supplied with water except for a few isolated hamlets and farms. A good water supply is essential for clean milk production and the meeting of agricultural needs has been considered in the drawing up of the proposals. It is hoped that the necessary work in carrying out the schemes will not be unduly delayed by the shortage of labour. t The Pontardawe Rural District Council also has schemes in hand for the extension of the water supply and sewerage arrangements in its area, but has applied for grant under the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945, and not the Rural Water Supply Act, 1944.