Extract from monthly reports of the County Medical Officer of Health, presented to the Sanitary Committee, Nov. 6., 1897. Sewage disposal at Tipton.

  • Staffordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Extract from monthly reports of the County Medical Officer of Health, presented to the Sanitary Committee, Nov. 6., 1897. Sewage disposal at Tipton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    At present no attempt is made to deal with the larger portion of the sewage of the district, it simply finds its way into streams and canals, at convenient points, by means of road drains. An exception to this rule exists, however, in the case of the Great Bridge district, where disposal works were con- structed at Toll End, in 1888, with the sanction of the Local Government Board, and at a cost of £15,400. At present the sewage of about 5,300 of the population is conveyed to these works, and it is proposed to increase this number by about 6,500, bringing the total up to 11,800. Originally it was intended, ultimately, to sewer the whole district to this point, but, for reasons which will presently appear, the Authority have now abandoned that idea. As regards the area now draining to the disposal works, some portion of the sewage is conveyed to the outfall sewers by old road drains, and, in order to complete the sewering of this area—a most desirable proceeding for many reasons—the Authority, a few years ago, applied to the Local Government Board for a loan of £1,200. In response to this apphcation, an Inquiry was held in October, 1894, which resulted in the loan being refused, on the ground that the Board would not sanction further expenditure unless a scheme was presented for dealing with the sewage on land. The District Council again communicated with the Local Government Board, pointing out that, under the circum- stances, land disposal was out of the question. This led to one of the Board’s Inspectors being instructed to visit the district to ascertain whether this was really the case, and, after an inspection of the district, he recommended three sites as being suitable for the purpose. The District Council, having considered the Inspector’s proposals, came to the conclusion that all three sites were out of the question by reason of unfit- ness and prohibitive cost. Two of the sites proposed are said to be, in parts, about 60 feet below the level of the stream into which the effluent would have to be discharged, and, being old mining areas, are