[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley R.D.C.

  • Burnley (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chemical. Public supplies — Private supplies ... 4 The results of the chemical analyses were satisfactory in 3 cases, and unsatisfactory in 1 case. Details of the estimated number of houses with a piped supply of water are as follows :— Piped Supplies. Not Piped. Altham No. of dwelling houses 229 From public water mains 213 From private supplies 16 Barley 80 13 60 7 Blacko 181 137 36 8 Briercliffe 883 861 12 13 Cliviger 575 503 50 22 Dunnockshaw 137 38 91 4 Foulridge 474 420 45 9 Goldshaw 86 36 48 2 Habergham Eaves 256 224 30 2 Hapton 606 545 37 24 Higham 211 137 66 8 Ightenhill 59 59 — — Northtown ... 31 17 13 1 Old Laund Booth 260 224 36 Read 317 293 24 Reedley Hollows ... 267 205 51 11 Roughlee 185 104 80 1 Sabden 442 386 56 — Simonstone ... 223 211 12 — Worsthome ... 580 574 6 — RIVERS AND STREAMS. Some action has been taken to check the pollution of rivers and streams by improvement in the design of septic tanks. In numerous cases, these tanks are without a filter chamber and these should be provided in all cases. Many septic tanks are below ground and have not been unearthed for some years. The chief source of pollution is from villages not sewered.