[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough.

  • Chorley (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The principal sewage works, serving more than three quarters of the area of the Borough, is situated at Common Bank at the lowest part of the Town. Cowling subsidiary installation deals with sewage from the eastern and southern parts of the Borough. Sewage from Chorley is received at Common Bank through four trunk sewers at the north east of the works, and that from Euxton and the Royal Ordnance Factory is conveyed through two separate sewers on the westerly side. The works comprise mechanically operated screens, detritus channels, sedimenta- tion tanks, storm water tanks, percolating bacterial filters, humus and sludge digestion tanks, and sludge drying beds. During the year further discussions and consultations have taken place on the second section of the East Valley Main Drainage Scheme and it is hoped that contractors will commence work during the next financial year. Consulting engineers have been engaged by the Council for the preparation of a Scheme for the extension of Common Bank Sewage Works. 4. RIVERS AND STREAMS The Lancashire River Board has jurisdiction in regard to rivers and streams pollution in the Borough. The pollution of rivers and streams has become a national problem and stringent measures are required to combat this menace. Factories Act 1937 to 1959 For the prescribed particulars on the administration of the Factories Act, 1937 see the Chief Public Health Inspector’s Report. Page 48.