Mr. T.W. Thompson's report to the Local Government Board upon an inspection of certain valleys in the counties of Monmouth and Glamorgan, with special reference to sewerage and drainage arrangements, and to the pollution of streams.

  • Thompson, T. W., -1896.
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1896
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Credit: Mr. T.W. Thompson's report to the Local Government Board upon an inspection of certain valleys in the counties of Monmouth and Glamorgan, with special reference to sewerage and drainage arrangements, and to the pollution of streams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OFFICIAL COPY. Mr. T. W. Thompson’s Report to the Local Government Board upon an Inspection of certain Valleys in the Counties of Monmouth and Glamorgan, with special reference to Sewerage and Drainage Arrangements, and to the Pollution of Streams. R. Thorne Thorne, Medical Officer, 18th August 1896. In July 1895, I received instructions to carry out an inspection, which the Board bad for some time had in contemplation, of the Valleys of the Rumney,Sirhowy,EbbwFawr, Ebbw Fach, and Ebbw Rivers; and somewhat later my inspection was extended, by fresh instructions, to the Valley of the Afon Llwyd. The object of this inspection was to ascertain more precisely the existing state of affairs—already known to be of a generally unsatisfactory character—as regards drainage and sewerage arrangements in these valleys ; both in respect of their general suitability to fulfil their purposes, and with special reference to the pollution of streams. It was further understood that I should keep in mind the question as to the best means of remedying such defects of sewerage and of sewage disposal as might be met with. The results of mv inspection are given in the following Report:— GENERAL REPORT. Topographical and General Description of the Valleys.—Speaking generally, the valleys in question may be said to extend in a south-easterly direction from the southern slope of the elevated plateaux in the south of Brecknockshire known as the Llangynidr and Pen Cern Mountains. The Sirhowy, Ebbw Fawr, Ebbw Fach, Ebbw, and Afon Llwyd Valleys lie wholly within the county of Monmouth, on its western side, except that for a short distance at their commencement the two former are situate in the county of Brecknock. The Rumney Valley also commences in Brecknockshire, but for tbe remainder, i.e., almost the whole, of its course, its western side is situate in the county of Glamorgan and its eastern side in that of Monmouth, the Rumney river constituting the boundary between these counties. The Rumney Valley follows an independent course throughout, its river discharging separately into the Severn Estuary at the eastern boundary of the borough of Cardiff. The valleys of the Ebbw Fawr and Ebbw Fach, after each pursuing a separate course for some six or seven miles, unite at Aberberg, by the confluence of their rivers, to form the valley of the main River Ebbw. At Risca, about eight miles further south, the Ebbw Valley is joined by the Sirhowy Valley ; the Sirhowy river at this point joining the Ebbw which ultimately discharges into the River (Jsk close to the confluence of the latter with the Severn. The Afon Llwyd follows an independent course until its river joins the Usk at Caerleon. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from EYRE and SPOTTISWOODE, East Harding Street, Fleet Street, E.C., or JOHN MENZIES & Co., 12, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, and 90, West Nile Street, Glasgow ; or HODGES, FIGGIS, & Co., Limited, 104, Grafton Street, Dublin,. * 1896. LIBRARY No. 108. Price Ninepence. f General Collections +P