[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Rushden U.D.C.

  • Rushden (Northamptonshire, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Rushden U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pathological Specimens submitted for examination at the General Hospital, Northampton. Specimens. Total. Positive. Negative. Diphtheria ... 48 10 38 Tuberculosis ... 24 3 21 TOTALS ... ... 72 13 59 Legislation* A list of Bye-laws and Adoptive Acts made and adopted by the Rushden Urban District Council is appended. 19th Nov., 1891. 20th April, 1925. 19th Aug., 1903. 13th Nov., 1927. 5th Nov., 1891. 30th March, 1903. 22nd Aug., 1908. 28th June, 1921. Bye-Laws. Bye-laws as to new streets and buildings. Bye-laws as to new streets and buildings. Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Regu¬ lations. Bye-laws for the prevention of nuisances. Adoptive Acts. Part 3 of the Public Health Act, Amendent Act, 1890. Private streets works Acts. Parts 2 and 3, and Sections 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, and 68 of Part 4 of the Public Health Acts, Amendent Act, 1907, subject to certain conditions and adaptions. Part 6 of the Public Acts, Amendent Act, 1907. Sanitary Circumstances of the Area* Water. The main water supply is derived from a Res¬ ervoir situated at Sywell some 11 miles from the town. The Water Works and supply are under the control of the Higham Ferrers and Rushden Water Board which is composed of members chosen from both local bodies. There is a subsidiary supply derived from four wells situated in the Parish of Wymington. The Sywell Reservoir has when full a capacity of about 236 million gallons and a surface area of 68J acres. The gathering ground which consists of pasture, arable and woodland has a drainage area of 1,747 acres. The surface formation consists of Upper Estuarine Clay, Lower Estuarine Series and Northampton Sand overlying Upper Lias Clay. The average daily run off is about 773,169 gallons. The water after passing through filters, three in number, is pumped to the service reservoir on the Bedford Road about a mile and a half outside and above the town. This reservoir