[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C.

  • Liskeard (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sewerage. During 1967, the Sewerage Schemes serving the villages of Merrymeet and Pengover and St. Neot and Mount were completed and put into opera¬ tion. The use of a Comminutor form of pump at Pengover where the sewerage is macerated and pumped through a small bore plastic pipe has proved very successful and I am sure that this appliance will prove very valuable when small village sewerage schemes, necessitating pumping, are carried out. An Inquiry was held regarding the proposal for a Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Scheme at the village of Lerryn in 1967, but the Minister raised certain doubts regarding the use of a Contact Stabilisation type of plant which it was proposed to use. In view of this the Council decided to instruct its Engineers to obtain an alternative site and to prepare a scheme for a traditional type of Sewage Disposal Works. It is to be hoped that Ministerial approval will be given during 1968 so that this scheme can be put in hand. Development is being held up in the village due to the absence of Sewerage and the present system whereby a section of public sewer and the drainage from many private houses, discharge into the river, is not satisfactory and is quite objectionable when the tide exposes the mud banks. The negotiations with the County Council regarding the Sewerage of Highway village continued during the year and it is to be hoped that a Public Inquiry will be held to deal with a scheme for this village as well as the village of Trevelmond during 1968. It is the Council's policy to proceed with Sewerage Schemes for the remainder of the villages which do not have this amenity and in addition to those villages mentioned above, I would stress the need particularly for a Sewerage Scheme for the village of Golberdon. Many of the houses in Golberdon have very little land adjoining them and the disposal of the contents of bucket closets is a very difficult problem. It becomes even w'orse at times of heavy rainfall when the level of the sub-soil water in the ground rises very near the surface and it is impractical then to dig pits to dispose of waste matter. I would also mention here that the absence of Sewerage Schemes pre¬ vents improvement of dwellings proceeding at the pace one would like, particularly where it is not practical to provide an individual septic tank. This is particularly the case in the village of Golberdon mentioned in the last paragraph. During the year under review schemes were being prepared by the Consulting Engineers for the enlargement of Dobwalls and Pelynt Sewage Disposal Works where the increase in housing development has been above ail expectations. It is necessary for this to be done in order that the requirements of the Cornwall River Authority can be satisfied and I hope that the work will be in hand in 1968. At the St. Cleer Sewage Disposal Works, trouble has been experienced due to surface water entering the system and the engineers have recommended that a Comminutor type of overflow with settling tanks be incorporated in the system. It was suggested by the Cornwall River Authority that the Council acquire addi¬ tional land to carry out tertiary treatment of the sewage effluent at the works at East Taphouse and Duloe and steps were taken to acquire the necessary land for this to1 be effected.