Janet Baldacchino, 39, of Hunter Road, Freckleton, is currently clearing up the mess in her garden after the latest flood.

The mother-of-two, who is recovering after completing courses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cervical cancer, watched in horror as a drain which had been installed in her garden in March, failed to divert the water during torrential rain on Saturday.

Janet said the water pours into her garden from a pond in a field at the back of her home and she claims officers at New Fylde Housing were aware of the problem before she moved into the house in March 2007.

She said: "There is a pond at the back of the house that has filled up again. Every time it fills up it is going to happen – it happened three times last year."

Janet said the problems started this time last year when she was being treated for cancer.

She said: "I had been having chemotherapy and radiotherapy when it first happened and there was a big layer of scum from the field and the pond and I was told to be careful not to get any infections.

"They put a small gully in the garden and, at the time, I said, 'that's not going to take the water'.

"It was not taking the water on Saturday. I am really angry about this as they moved me into this house knowing about the problem and didn't even say anything about it."

A spokesman for New Fylde Housing said: "The last reported problem with flooding on Hunter Road was in early March this year.

"Works were undertaken at that time on the drainage to alleviate the problem.

"The high rainfall in recent weeks has resulted in the ground being completely saturated and the excessive rainfall of last weekend therefore remained as surface water running off the neighbouring fields.

"New Fylde Housing has been looking into options to address the issues of water run-off for the residents of this area."

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