[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • North Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    18 “ require to be rebuilt. The drainage of some of the buildings is defective, and most of “ them are without drains altogether, the washings of the styes being swept outside, and, “ in the majority of the buildings, having to get away as best they can. Some of the “ yards have brick flooring mostly in a shattered condition, causing the water to lodge “ and stagnate. Even if the owners of the buildings comply with our requests and make “ the premises sanitary, I consider they will always be a source of annoyance, and the “ only means of making the district innocuous to the public health is to raze the buildings “ to the ground and not rebuild them.” In the Croft District the Barton Beck is in a bad state and requires cleaning out. At Ormesby considerable lengths of new sewering have been laid. At Northallerton the length of old sewer from the Parish Church to the Post Office has been relaid with sanitary pipes, and ventilating shafts erected at the north and south ends of the sewer, and at the junction of the sewers near the Rutson Hospital, Dr. Baigent, writes, “ No alteration in the treatment of the sewage at the Sewage Works, has “ taken place since the last annual report. Some sludge is deposited in the tanks, and the “effluent which is not satisfactory is discharged into the Romanby Beck. The Beck was “ running very low during the protracted drought of the autumn, and the whole length of “ this water-course to its junction with the Wiske was then most offensive as a result of “ sewage contamination. It is most disappointing it has not been possible to make a “ commencement with the new sewage scheme. Land was selected, plans were prepared, “ and a further Local Government Board enquiry was held on March 21st. Pumping of “ the sewage on to the filter beds was found by the Engineer to be necessary, and the “ Council also wished to be reassured that in any system they might decide to adopt, there “ would be some guarantee that the tanks would not deposit sludge in such quantities as “ to interfere with their efficiency, and the filter beds would not choke to such an extent “ as to require frequent renewal. It was therefore decided to visit and make an inspection “ of some works where sewage of similar quality and quantity was efficiently treated, and “ where the scheme had been in working order for sucli a length of time that reliable data “ could be obtained, and where the condition of the works after a lengthened trial could be “ seen. With this object, Darfield Sewage Works were visited by members of the Council on “December 8th, and the condition of the works and the character of the effluent noted.” In the Helmsley District a sewage scheme has been completed at Hawnby, but one is required for liarome, whilst in the Oswaldkirk Division of the Helmsley District the sewage disposal arrangements at Ampleforth, Stonegrave and Gilling are condemned. At Cropton in the Pickering Rural District a length of main sewer has been laid. In the Stokesley District, the manholes of the sewer at Great Ayton have been closed and two ventilating shafts erected, but more are required, the sewer at the North End at Great Broughton has been extended and laid with 190 yards of 8in. pipes, the Crow-bank sewer at Hutton Rudby partly relaid and extended 120 yards with Gin. pipes, at Swainby the dam for Hushing the main sewer has been rebuilt in cement concrete, and a new flushing valve fixed with man-hole chamber and cover, and at Kirklevington arrangements are being made for commencing the work of the new sewage disposal scheme. In the Flaxton District a combined sewerage scheme is in preparation for certain villages in the area, the sewage disposal arrangements for the East End of the village of Strensall are unsatisfactory. In the Whitby Rural District the condition of the drains at Eastrow is unsatisfactory and during the summer the beck near Thorpe was in a filthy condition, writing of Goathland, Dr. Laverick, says, “ The proposal to construct a sewerage system and a “sewage disposal works is, I consider, unjustifiable at present. I fully recognise “ that theoretically the sewage from every village, even from every house, should “ be purified before entering a stream. But, in practice, I think we should consider “ ways and means and degrees of theoretical necessity. Goathland is built on so “wide an area and so many levels that the cost of sewers, etc., will be more than “ such a parish should be asked to pay for so small a need. A rate of two shillings “ for sewerage purposes, in the face of an indefinite expenditure, which must be under- “ taken for a water supply, seems to me to be unreasonable.” In the Kirbymoorside District a new sewer has been constructed at Dale End, Kirbymoorside, and new irrigation beds laid down at Kirby Mills. In the Easingwold District a considerable number of connections have been made with the main sewer, the open grates of which it is proposed to close and substitute ventilating shafts. In the Aysgarth District a new sewerage scheme with septic tank and filter bed has been completed at Sedbusk, a septic tank, filter beds, and sprinkler replace the old settling tanks at Hawes, and a new scheme is to be provided for Oountersett, at Appersett the sewage is carried by an old stone drain directly into the river. In the Thirsk District a house at Humberton was found to be unfit for habitation, and dealt wiih, the carcase of a beast was condemned and destroyed, at South Ottermgton the sewer leading to the school was relaid with 6 in. sanitary pipes, the main sewer at Cowesby extended 50 yards, a sewer 205 yards in length of 6 in. sanitary pipes laid at Birdforth, the sewer at Jackson’s Terrace, Thirsk, relaid with 8 in. sanitary pipes, and bacterial tanks constructed at Sowerby, Norby, Sandhutton, and Birdforth. The sewage disposal works at Thornton-le-Moor are reported to be working satisfactorily, the tanks are now covered in, and the sewage filtered through gravel trenches. Dr. Buchanan writes, “In July a report was desired by the Sanitary Authority on the ‘pollution” of “ the (Jodbeck by the sewage of Norby, Thirsk, and Sowerby. The effluents from these “ districts discharging into the Codbeck were inspected, and in every case there was found “ to be little sediment near the outfall of the drains. The drains are well and regularly “ flushed. Dealing with the source and composition of the sewage we find that in Sowerby “and Thirsk including Norby there are 1188 inhabited houses (census 1901). Of these “ quite two-thirds have dry closets and ashpits, the excreta and refuse being thus disposed “of. The remainder of the houses are supplied with ordinary sanitary fittings. During “ the present year a sample of water was taken at a point about 5 miles below the town, “ which on chemical analysis was found to be pure and fit for drinking purposes, thereby