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Liaison is maintained between the department
and the baths manager in ensuring the purity of
the bath waters.
Sewerage and Sewage Disposal
With the exception of a small and diminishing
number of premises on the outskirts of the
borough which are drained to cesspools or have
pail closets, the area is served by the West
Middlesex Scheme controlled by the Greater
London Council whose Mogden purification
works are situated in the borough. Offensive
smells in the neighbourhood of the works which
prompted numerous complaints from residents
in 1964 and 1965 were not repeated in 1966. An
improvement scheme costing £154,000 is in
progress.
1,938 inspections were made during the year of
choked or defective sewers and drains, and 32
tests applied, in connection with 656 complaints
received. 100 statutory notices were served under
Section 24 of the Public Health Act, 1936, 101
public sewers repaired and 524 cleansed.
Common Lodging Houses
There are no common lodging houses in the
borough.
Services under the Food and Drugs Act 1955
There are no egg pasteurisation plants, poultry
processing establishments, slaughterhouses or
knackers yards in the borough.
Milk supplies—Brucella Abortus
There are no milk producers in the borough, but
raw milk is received at one pasteurising dairy.
29 samples from individual churns were taken
during the year and examined by the Consultant
Pathologist at Harefield Hospital. 4 positive
samples were found and the results forthwith
transmitted to the authorities in the producing
areas.
Milk composition
20 samples were taken for analysis. Of these 7
formal samples of raw milk from one farm outside
the borough were found to contain between
two and sixteen per cent extraneous water. The
farmer was prosecuted and fined £20 and ordered
to pay £10 10 0d costs.
Complaints about allegedly dirty milk bottles
continue to be received, though of the eight received
during the year only two were substantiated
upon investigation. In these two cases
official warnings were authorised by the Health
Committee and the bottler's attention drawn to
the circumstances in the remaining six.

Steps were taken to investigate the circumstances
connected with the unsatisfactory samples, and
repeat samples proved satisfactory.
Other foods and drugs
The scheme for routine sampling set up in 1965
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