[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Belford R.D.C.

  • Belford (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Belford R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ska Houses and North Sunderland are supplied from a reservoir «>u Brockdam Moor, and there is a storage reservoir at Sea Houses in connection with this supply, capable of holding 60,000 gallons. Bkadnkll and Svvjnhoh are supplied from Brockdam reserved by means of a connection to the North Sunderland Water Works ■Company's main at Swinhoe Cottage. Several farm places and villages on the line of the North Sunderland and Hamburgh water mains are supplied from them. Bedford.—The main supply is piped from a spring at the Blue Bell farm to a reservoir on the North Bank, and thence piped to various houses on the Main Street. There are 2 supplies in West Street from springs, and one from a spring near the National Schools in High ■Street. There is also a supply of water from Bel ford Moor, which supplies most of West Street, and also supplements the High Street supply. All the supplies of the District are constant except in some instances in seasons of unusual drought. Drainage and Sewerage. The Sewage, with few exceptions, passes into streams, ditches, or the sea, and is untreated before doing so. Most of the houses in the town of Bedford are drained into sewer conduits, and a large number of the drains are formed with sanitary pipes. What however, is required is a new drainage system properlv laid, and the sewage dealt with according to modern views before being dis- charged into the Belford Stream. This L have advocated for years. Most of the houses in Bkadnkll village are drained into a sewer, which conveys the sewage into the sea. Beadnell Square and Bent Hall are also provided with sewers. Beadnell Stead is drained directly into the sea. Several of the large houses in Beadnell are drained in to cesspools, which are periodically emptied. Isolated houses and farm places throughout the district are in many cases drained into cesspools' although in some places the sewage is discharged into streams. No complaints, have, however, recently been ■made as to any nuisance arising from this cause. At 1 >elfoid Station and Bellshili farm House the sewage is dealt with by means of septic tanks. At Shorestou Hall there is a small sewage scheme on modern lines- comprising septic tank and continuous filters. Closet Accommodation. The ashpit and privy system is in vogue at all the farm premises and most or the villages ha\e the same. \\ ith a few exceptions Belfohd has the ashpit and privy method in use. Most of the houses in Bamburgh are now provided with water