[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Bromyard R.D.C.

  • Bromyard (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Bromyard R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WATER SUPPLIES (Continued) Dwellinghouses supplied direct from public mains District Satisfactory Approximate Population Bishops Frorae 45 140 Edwyn Ralph 27 78 Bredenbury 50 i47 Cradley 30 100 Froraes Hill 23 72 Ode Pychard 19 53 Sparrington 8 29 Stanford Bishop 7 32 Stoke Lacy 30 92 Tedstone Delamere 10 34 Upper Sapey 20 71 VAiit bourne 12 4l Ullingswick 4 l4 Tedstone V/afre 6 23 Wolferlow 3 12 V/inslow 3 10 Norton 33 110 Linton 9 31 339 1089 In addition, about twelve dwellinghouses rely on outside standpipes but their numbers are expected to be reduced very soon. Schools at Bredenbury, Bishops Frorae, Upper Sapey and Cradley have public water supplies. SWIMMING BATHS There are no public swimming baths in the district. SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL Several parishes are under discussion for village sewerage schemes and some progress was made in 1964 in dealing with the various processes, doubtless all very desirable but frequently frustrating. Clearly, very few landowners welcome the imposition of sev/age installations on their land, some object to manhole covers in fields and a fev; oppose any sewerage at all. The indiscriminate use of the local authority's executive power to force the sale of land or the laying of sewers in particular directions must be guarded against if any sort of good feeling is to be retained between elector and elected; at times this policy is bound to conflict with pure engineering considerations and on occasions the latter must be prepared to compromise. Hov/ever, if negotiation fails and there is no reasonable alternative, the local authority has to be prepared to invoke their compulsory powers. At Cradley by Christmas 1964, there