[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C.

  • Liskeard (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1951
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dobwalls. Lower Spring. Water suspicious. 15th May, 1951. Higher Spring. Bacteriologically satisfactory. 22nd May, 1951. Lower Spring. Water unsafe for drinking purposes. 22nd May, 1951. Notices erected warning householders to boil the water. RHia Mill. Village supply. Bacteriologically satisfactory. 21st May, 1951. Chsesewring and Minions. Public Supply — privately owned. Satisfactory quality for drinking purposes. 3rd July, 1951. Pelynt. Public Shoot. Bacteriologically satisfactory. 4th July, 1951. Cardwen, Pelynt. Land Springs. Supply used for Council Houses. Bacteriologically Satisfactory. 17th August, 1951. Bodinnick. Springs, privately owned supply—used by public. Unsafe for drinking purposes. 27th September, 1951. Same supply. Sample taken from stand pipe —water unsafe. Warning notices erected. Pelynt. Village supply. Quality deteriorated. Not safe for drinking purposes. Permanent warning notice displayed 30th October, 1951. Vevery. Bore-hole. Water not safe for drinking purposes. 30th October, 1951. Polruan. Warning notices erected in the township. Polruan. Sample taken from tank conveying water from Polperro to Polruan, by lorry. Reasonably satisfactory. 30th October, 1951. Treburgie Water. Land Springs. Water used at Council Houses. Satisfactory. 5th December, 1951. Golberdon. Shallow Well. Village supply. Satisfactory. 12th Decembr, 1951. (b) Quantity. Shortages only at Polruan, Trewidland, Merry- meet and Trethevy. Supplies reasonably adequate in remainder of the area. (c) Bacteriological Examination. A number of samples have been taken for bacteriological examination and details are given in paragraph 1 (a) of this report. No water used as a public supply in this Rural District is treated in any way. (d) Plumbo-Solvency. Where water is found to be plumbo- solvent, lead service pipes are avoided. No special action was necessary in 1951.