[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council.

  • Derbyshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2G SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. Water Supply.—The various water supplies in the County were fully described in the Survey Report for 1925, pages 2’8—31. During the year 1927 the following extensions and improvements have been effected :— Ashbourne Urban.—It is anticipated that the scheme for the provision of a new supply from Rodsley, mentioned in ni}' last Report, will be completed during 1928. Bakewell Urban.—107 yards of 3 diameter water maiir vere laid from Cemetery Road to the new housing site and 622 yards from Pickford Villas to the new isolation hospital. 10,686 yards of water main were scarified to remove corrosion. Bolsover Urban.—The Whaley Well was brought into use during the year ; a rising main from Whaley to Bolsover was com- pleted at a cost of nearl}' £6,000, and 15 houses at Whale^'^ have been provided with the public water supply in lieu of wells. Bonsall.—A new water scheme is being carried out at Slaley. Clay Cross Urban.—Progress has been made with the scheme drawn up in 1926. A new borehole has been taken to a depth of 220 feet and the yield is approximately 300,000 gallons a day. On analysis the water, which is drawn from the millstone grit, was found to be satisfactory. Glossop Borough.—Sanction for the purchase of the Hadfield supply has been obtained and the Corporation intend to prevent lead solubility by filtration and other treatment. Heage Urban.—Toadmoor District is now being supplied with an ample supply of water through the Ncav Main connected to the Belper U.D.C. reservoir at Bessylone. Ilkeston Borough.—Durhig the year a new duplicate 12 main has been laid from Shipley reservoir to the Market Place. North Darley Urban.—It is hoped that during 1928 the Sydnope water Avill be available for providing a good supph' for this area. Ripley Urban.—A 3 main fed from the Peasehill water tank has been laid from the Iron Bridge to the Cricket Ground, Notting- ham Road. Ashbourne Rural.—At Clifton the owner of the private water supply to a part of the village is augmenting it by a gravitation scheme. A branch main is being laid from the Middleton wat('r- w'orks to a block of now houses which have not hitherto been supplied from the w'orks. Blackwell Rural.—The Blackwcdl Rural Council together w ith the Warsop Urban District Council (Notts) have formulated a scheme for supplying both districts w ith water from a well in the hunter beds near Carburton. A draft of the scheme has been