[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.

  • Staffordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1895
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Credit: [Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    all the houses are now said to be connected with the Rugeley Waterworks. The Medical Officer of Health of Newcastle Rural District writes:—“ With regard to the water-supply of Madeley and Leycett, which has so frequently been referred to by myself and others as unsatisfactory, I am now pleased to say that the difficulty has been solved by your agreement with the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company for a supply, and at the present time the Company are laying mains for the supply of the whole of this district. “ At Betley, complaints having been made of a deficient supply of water, an inspection was made, and it was found the supply was inadequate. We found 27 houses were without any supply at all, and were entirely dependent on neighbouring wells. We believe there is plenty of water to be obtained at Betley, and the matter is at present under consideration.” In Seisdon Rural District, arrangements have been made to supply Wombourn from the Bilston mains. In Stafford Rural District, the supply at Hopton, to which the attention of the Authority was specially directed by the Sanitary Committee of the County Council, is now said to be more constant and regular. The village of Brocton, in this district, is now supplied with water from the Stafford Corporation mains. In Stoke-on-Trent Rural District, a new supply from the Potteries Waterworks Company has just been completed for the village of Bagnall; it is pointed out, however, that the Wetley Moor District is in need of a better supply. In Stone Rural District, many water supplies failed, owing, it is said, to the dry season. Barlaston and Blythe Bridge have now been supplied from the mains of the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company. At Oulton, however, the supply is still defective, and it is suggested that arrangements should be made for an improved supply either from the above Company or from the Stone Urban