[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • North Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE. The following notes give particulars as to drainage and sewerage in the various districts, so far as they are detailed in annual reports of the medical officers. Eston U.D. A system of sewage is provided, with three outfalls. The sewage from South Bank and Grangetown is discharged into the river Tees without treatment. The sewage from Normanby passes through a filter-bed and the effluent, accompanied by effluent from ironworks, is discharged into the estuary. Guisborough U.D The sewage is conducted into covered sludge tanks and then undergoes treatment on 25 acres of land at the Sewage Farm, to the west of the town. Cottages at Chaloner Pit and at Barnaby Moor discharge their waste-water into ditches. The effluent is stated to be clear on discharge into the stream flowing through the sewage farm, but the medical officer of health also notes that the stream gives evidence of putrescence for some little distance below the farm. Hinderwell U.D. A system of sewage is provided; the sewage does not undergo treatment, that from Hinderwell being discharged into the Dale Beck and that from Staithes into the sea by several short outfalls. Kirklington U.D. No general system of sewerage. Loftus U.D. Loftus itself, Liverton Mines, Skinningrove and Carlin How are drained and sewered, the sewer discharging into the sea below low-water mark. Masham U.D. In Masharp, township two main sewers discharge into the river Ure, and one smaller sewer empties into the Swinney Beck. No provision is made for sewage treatment. Swinton is in part drained into the river Burn. Northallerton U.D. The town is sewered, and has sewage disposal works, which are reported to be working efficiently. Redcar U.D. The sewage of Redcar and Coatham is discharged into the sea at three points; that from Warrenby is also ultimately conveyed into the sea. The sewage from Dormans- town is treated at sewage disposal works, where, after screening and passage through septic tanks it is delivered over circular rotary filters, the effluent being discharged into an adjacent ditch. During the year a scheme was adopted, and is now being put into effect, for the construction of new sea outfall works at Warrenby, for Warrenby and Dormanstown. Richmond M.B. The town is sewered, the sewers discharging into the river Swale. Saltburn U.D, The main sewer to the north-west of the town discharges into the sea below low-water mark. One sewer which formerly discharged into the stream in Hazelgrove has been diverted into the main sewer; another sewer discharging into the same stream now passes its sewage first through a septic tank and filter-bed. Scalby U.D. The main sewer discharges into the sea. Skelton and Brotton U.D. Moorsholm is drained on to land. The other townships drain into a main sewer discharging into the sea near Brotton below low-tide level. Thornaby-on-Tees M.B. The town is sewered, the sewage being discharged into the Tees without treatment. Whitby U.D. The town is sewered, the sewage being discharged by two main sewers into the harbour without treatment. It is understood that complaints are received from time to time in the summer months as to the smell in the harbour from the untreated sewage. Aysgarth R.D. Sewage treatment is carried out at Hawes, Sedbusk, Gayle, Carperby, Burtersett, and Countersett. At Hawes and Gayle the treatment is by sedimentation followed by filtration, the effluent being' discharged into the river. At Sedbusk and at Carperby treatment is on land. Bedale R.D. Bedale itself is sewered, the sewage being passed through a small settling tank and the effluent discharged into the Bedale beck. Croft R.D. The sewage at Barton passes through a septic tank, the effluent being discharged into a beck; that from Manfield, Stapleton, and Croft is discharged either directly, or through a ditch or mill-stream, into the river Tees; there are three septic tanks at Cleasby; at Dalton, a small tank on a section of the drain, the rest of the sewage passing into land from a gutter; at Cliffe and at Newton Morrell there are septic tanks. Easingwold R.D. Easingwola, Raskelf and Farlington are sewered. No treatment of the sewage is provided. Flaxton R.D. Strensall and New Earswick have sewerage schemes. Elsewhere conservancy methods are in use. Guisborough R.D. Marske and New Marske have sewers discharging into the sea. Dormans¬ town is also sewered, the sewage passing through sewage disposal tanks to a ditch. Castleton, Lazenby, Dunsdale and Newton have simple sewerage systems with settling tanks, the effluent from which is discharged into stream. A rubble filter has been installed at Castleton. The sewage of Hutton Lowcross undergoes treatment on land. The sewage disposal works at Dormanstown caused a nuisance through percolation from the filters to surrounding ground, and the effluent was found to be unsatisfactory. Arrangements have been made to deal with the leakage from the filters, and a larger tank supplied to give better flow to the sprayers.