The bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease has been discovered in a sheltered housing block in Lincoln.
The 51 elderly residents at St Botolph’s Court are now being provided with safe drinking water and off-site washing facilities while the pipework is chemically flushed and disinfected.
The City of Lincoln Council took the steps after high-readings of the bacteria legionella were found in the water system earlier this week.
John Bibby, the council’s Director of Housing and...
