[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypool R.D.C.

  • Pontypool (Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypool R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3. and apart from the question of rising costs little difficulty is being experienced. SCHOOLS. All schools are visited periodically and sanitation and water supply at most are satisfactory. A pipod supply of water from the new public mains has been made available to the Clascoed School during the year. WATER SUPPLY. Some thirty six samples of water were taken from the public mains during the year. All samples were of the standards required. Forty-eight promises were connected to the public mains during the year. The total dwelling houses connected to the public mains at the end of the year being 855 together with approximately 6 0 farms on metered supplies. The position at the end of the year being:- Llanfrechfa Lower supplied by R.D.C. .. .. .. .. .. 477 Goetre Fawr .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. .. .. .. 148 Gwehelog Fawr 21 Llanhennoc Fawr .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Llanbadoc Fawr (Glascoed) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 Goetre r'awr and Llanbadoc rawr supplied by the Pontypool Gas & water Compnay.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ., 174 855 A further 22 houses in the Parish of Llanfrechfa Lower are supplied by standpipe. The Llanover Estate supply some 33 houses in the Parish of Goetre Fawr. This supply being for houses on the Estate only. Work upon the Gwehelog ;ater supply Scheme was commenced during the year and should be completed towards the Autumn of 1954. This scheme will provide for some 36 houses in the Pontypool Rural District and some 66 houses and farms in the nonmouth Rural District. The Council are promoting a scheme for the supply of water to parts of the Parishes of Llanbadoc Fawr, Llangybi Fawr and Llanhennoc Fawr (Tredunnoc and Newbridge) and it is anticipated that work upon this schema will be commenced and completed during 1955. Further investigations are being made intd the possibilities of supplying still more sparsely populated and remote parts of the district but the fruition of any such schemes will depend upon costs and availability of local sources of supply. SEWERAGE AND SS »'xGE DISP OSAL. The Parish of Llanfrechfa Lower is provided with a sewerage system for the ward of Croesyceiliog and sewerage has also been provided in the ward of Ponthir. The system at Ponthir is now awaiting connection to the newly completed Eastern valley Sewerage Board's works at Ponthir. The existing sewerage system at Croesyceiliog receives the sewage from approximately 370 houses and connection of this system with the Eastern ^alley Sewerage Board's sewer is anticipated in the near future. The designated area of the Cwmbran Development Corporation embraces the ward of Cr03syceiliog and a portion of Llanfrecfa and the development of new sewerage systems for the designated area is being carried out by the Development Corporation (The Corporation having