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Camp, Huntingdonshire (Sewage)

Volume 467: debated on Thursday 28 July 1949

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asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that St. Peter's Hill Camp, Huntingdonshire, which accommodated 150 persons, has no hygienic method of sewage disposal, and that the sewage effluent runs for 300 yards along an open ditch close to private houses before entering a piped course; and what steps will be taken to introduce a proper hygienic method of disposing of the sewage from the camp.

Sewage from St. Peter's Hill Camp, Huntingdonshire, is disposed of through the local authority's main sewer. Last week, however, a stoppage in a pipe caused an overflow through a manhole cover into an open ditch. The fault has been rectified and measures are in hand to prevent a recurrence.