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Public Sanitary Conveniences. The Public Sanitary Conveniences,
Urinals, Fountains and Horse Troughs situated within
the Borough are the same as last year, with the addition of a Drinking
Fountain erected in the Creek Road, not far from the Deptford
Cattle Market, as a Memorial to the late George Philcox, who was
for so many years Superintendent of that Market.
Water Supply. The water supplied throughout the whole
of the district by the Metropolitan Water Board still maintains
its high standard of purity.
During the year 99 water supply certificates have been granted
under Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891; these
certificates stating that the new houses to which they refer are
supplied with a proper water supply in accordance with the Act.
Defective water fittings have been renewed in 134 cases; 10 water
supplies have been reinstated where the supply had been cut off;
water fittings have been amended in 111 cases; 73 water supplies
have been altered so as to draw direct from the main; the cleansing,
repairing and covering of cisterns has been required in 18 cases.
Smoke Nuisances. One hundred and seventy-four observations
have been taken for smoke nuisances during the year, but on
only 5 occasions was it found necessary to issue Statutory Notices
for the abatement of any nuisance which was found.
The Rag Flock Act, 1911, came into operation on July 1st,
1912, and under its provisions samples of rag or flock used in the
various branches of upholstering work are to be taken to see that
they do not contain more than 30 parts chlorine, in the form of
chlorides, in 100,000 parts of flock, as set out in the Regulations
made under Section 1 of that Act. No samples have been taken
under the provisions of this Act during the year.
Food and Drugs Act. Four hundred and thirty-five samples
have been purchased under the provisions of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Act and submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis, of
which 420 were certified to be genuine and 15 adulterated, the