[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough.

  • Newcastle-under-Lyme (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Application for Cancellation of Certificates (7) Application by landlords to Local Authority for cancellation of certificates . NIL (8) Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates . NIL (9) Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of tenants' objections . NIL (10) Certificates cancelled by Local Authority .. NIL WATER SUPPLY The following information on water supply was given to me by the Engineer, Manager and Clerk of the Staffordshire Potteries Water Board:- The water supplied by the Board to the Newcastle Borough area is derived from two sources, being deep wells and boreholes sunk in the New Red Sandstone. All the water is treated with chlorine, being chloramination at both sources. During 1969, bacteriological examinations on 149 samples were made, of which 72 were untreated waters at the sources, and 77 of the chloraminated water going into supply. All were of the highest purity and one hundred per cent free from Faecal Coli organisms. 22 Chemical samples were analysed, showing moderate mineral and saline content, neutral in pH reaction, and an absence of metals. The water is of moderate hardness; it is not softened, nor is it plumbo solvent. The consumption of water for domestic and unmetered trade purposes in the whole of the Board's area of supply for the year 1969 averaged 36-^ gallons per head per day. Further to the report of the Engineer, Manager and Clerk of the Staffordshire Potteries Water Board, the Chief Public Health Inspector reports:- The whole of the area is served by a piped supply on the constant system through the Staffordshire Potteries Water Board, the Borough Council being a constituent authority of that Board. Three outlying houses and farm premises derive their water from wells and springs. Three samples of water for bacteriological examination and three for chemical examination were taken from the Staffordshire Potteries Water Board supply. All samples were reported to be satisfactory. Four samples of water for bacteriological examination were taken from houses deriving their supply from springs. One of these samples was found to be satisfactory and three unsatisfactory.