[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield U.D.C.

  • Driffield (Humberside, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4- 19 tens 11 Gwts* f 1:^.tte-ned tins 1 ton black“fcrrcus scrap 29 tons 17 Gwtst3 qi's,mixed waste paper 2 tons 2 cwts. Jars and bottles 1 ton 14 cwts. 1 qr^, non-ferrous metals 2 tons 7 Gwtsi 2 qrsimixed rags 1 ton 9 Gwts„ 2 qrSthoUeebold bones Total 98 tons 2 cwts. The total value of this salvage ^mounted ho i%302.3s9 8d Pood Inspc'ctlon* is carried out hy Sanitary In ape o ho v -who Is the authorised officer for purpose. . 6, Water Sunniv The principle eupaly to the town is by means“of the Driffield V/a ter'■Company, In addition there are about 150 private pumps in the district, the ,maj or ity of which arc conocots^d to bores sunk into the chalk to a depth of approximately 45 feet. Samples of water (both chlorihrcted and unchlorinated) fxcm bhe supply are sent for analysis every month and these shew the water to be of excellent purity, ■ ' Consequent on the establishment of military tr^^ining camps on the V;?olds,with attendant risk of pollution of the town’s water water supply,chlorino.tion df the piped supplywas stepp<^-d‘' up end a regular system of analysis of water from pi'ivnt,c pnmps was instituted, Sam.pl6s W6rc_ submitted for bacteriological examination to the North Riding La’bor'^tor ies at Scarborough as follows Total num.ber of samples submitted , «», 00*0 ^4c Number of repeat samples II \ i i , *»0 00 i 7° Number of pumps teated , ,,..900 = a » 570 Result of analyses Number of pum.ps found to be unfit for• domestic use 12 serving 52 houses0 Number of pumps slightly polluted but safe - 11 serving 25 houses Number of pumps supplying good water - 3^'- serving 125 houses. Informal a.cticn was taken in'rcspect of the 12 Unfit Scomples and ih 8.cases a“sc-rvtoe has been laid on from the Water Coiuipny ’ s mains. Applications in respect of the othef 4“ca.sc s ,havc been made to the Water Company for a tiiuppiy,but the diffIcvj.ty of obtaining the “neoe asary labour and materials hatf pv<=.vcn+'Od th-.c being done durlhg the year, ‘ “Of the 11 slightly polluted samples,6 were^dcalt_w1th by submitting repeat samples which did not shew any deterior‘'t ion in the purity of the water72 were taken off and supplies laid on from the Ihter Company's mains,and the other three will be dealt with in 19456 7o Housing ' The War has prevented any new houses being erected and the condition “of the old houses i deteriorating due to lack of labour and materials to maintain them in a proper mannero survey of the town should be made to ascertain those houses not fit for_ occupation or capable at a reasonable expense of being made fit and