[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council.

  • Cheshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In Congleton R.D. a system of sewerage and sewage dis- posal is needed for Thnrlwood, Mow Bank, Wheelock and Holmes Chapel and in the Nantwich R.D. similar schemes are required for Shavington and Bunhury and for parts of Ainllem, Stapeley and Wybunbury. Newtown in the Disley R.l). also stands in similar need and there are several other villages in the Tarvin R.D. (notably Farndon and Tattenhall), Chester R.D. (Great Saiighall) and in the Runcorn R.D. (Kingsley) where action to this end will shortly have to be pressed. Rivers Pollution. This part of my work is rapidly increasing and though I have only three main watersheds to watch (the Dee, the Dane and the Weaver) the amount of time which has to be spent in so doing is a serious item. The River Dane is one which is open to sudden ])ollntion by colour works, chemical works and bleach and dye works and despite arrangements I have made locally for information to be transmitted to me immediately any obvious pollution takes place it is a very difhcult matter to detect offenders. Some of these pollutions occur suddenly and all traces of them have disappeared in an hour or less. The damage done by them is sometimes such that it cannot ])e repaired for many months. The River Dee which is the source of water supply to the City of Chester and a large area of the County in this neigh- bourhood is polluted in numerous ways. The following is a fairly complete list of actual or potential ]>o11utions :— Cor wen sewage, Llangollen sewage and refuse, Chemical Works, Acrefair, Wynnstay Colliery, Teri-a Cotta Works, Trefynant, Bangor-on-Dee sewage, Wrexham sewage. Holt sewage, Farndon sewage, Chester Gas Works, Chester sewage. West Saltney sewage, Shotton sewage, Connah’s Quay sewage. Summers Ironworks (Shotton), North Wales Paper Mills, CourtahFs Works (Flint),