| Administrative History | Johnshaven had water works belonging to the Council by 1894, but they were in need of expansion. In 1893 the Medical Officer of Health thought that a drainage scheme would be a good idea, but the inhabitants resisted. He also thought that the village would benefit from being formed into a Special Scavenging District in 1895, though he admitted that the District Committee was doing quite a good job in keeping the area clean. However, the drainage was condemned by both the Medical Officer for Health and the County Sanitary Inspector in 1895. A Special Water Supply District and a Special Drainage District were both set up in 1896, and plans were submitted for works. Loans, amounting to £400 for the Special Water Supply District and £550 for the Special Drainage District, were approved in 1897, and the Special Water Supply District took out a further loan of £1,000 for works in 1908. The public ashpits which 'adorned' the main street were frequently complained of and again and again, from 1919 to 1926, the reports of the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector recommend a Special Scavenging District. The ashpits were still there in 1932. In 1936 a Special Lighting District was proposed, with electrical power, and with the same boundaries as the other districts. The Landward Committee on Public Health recommended the formation of a Special Scavenging District in 1936, as scavenging in the village was proving a burden on the landward rates. The Special Lighting and Scavenging District was to be formed in 1937, but the local ratepayers appealed against it. They were quickly overruled by the County Council, and the district was formed the same year. The lighting installation cost £117.12.0, but the lights were not used at first because of Second World War lighting restrictions. The districts were all extended in 1947. The Special Lighting District renewed the lighting system with sodium lamps in 1956, at a cost of £1,054 12/-. The Special Scavenging District was not one of those dissolved when services were taken over by the new County refuse service in May 1961. The Special Lighting District and Special Drainage District were both extended in 1965. |