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Hairdressers and Barbers
Under Section 21 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act, 1967 as from the appointed day no
person shall carry on the business of a hairdresser or barber on any premises in the Borough unless he/she is
registered in respect of those premises by the Borough Council. (The appointed day for the London Borough
of Hammersmith was 1st April, 1968). •
By the end of the year 173 premises were registered.
All new applicants are asked to display on their premises, in addition to the statutory requirements of
certificate or registration and byelaws, a copy of their price list.
SUMMONSES
Proceedings instituted during the year-
Public Health Acts 67
Food and Drugs Act, 1955 and
Regulations made thereunder 145
SEWERAGE
The main sewers and the sewerage disposal system in London are the responsibility of the G.L.C. Rainwater
and soil sewage are carried in the same sewers, but the arrangements for Hammersmith are not yet adequate
inasmuch that some basements in the Borough are liable to flooding from time to time when heavy storms
cause the sewers to be surcharged.
WATER SUPPLY
/ am indebted to Dr. E. Windle Taylor, Director of Water Examination for the Metropolitan Water Board
who kindly supplied the following report:
1. (a) The supply was satisfactory both as to (i) quality, and (ii) quantity throughout 1972.
(b) All new and repaired mains are disinfected with chlorine; after a predetermined period of contact the
pipes are flushed out and refilled; samples of water are then collected from these treated mains; and
the mains are returned to service only after the analytical results are found to be satisfactory.
The quality control from these laboratories is carried out by means of daily sampling from sources of
supply, from the treatment works or well stations, from the distribution system, and through to the
consumer. Any sign of contamination or any other abnormality is immediately investigated.
(c) (i) The Board has no record of the number of structurally separate dwellings supplied in your area,
but the population supplied direct according to the Registrar-General's estimates at 30th June, 1972,
was 181,880.
(ii) No houses were permanently supplied by stand-pipe.
(d) No artificial fluoride is being added, and where the fluoride content is indicated in the analyses it
represents the naturally occurring fluoride in the water.
2. (a) The supply was derived from the following works and pumping stations:-
River Thames-derived water from the Thames Valley group of stations.
No new sources of supply were instituted and therewere no changes to the general scheme of supply
in your area.
The number of samples collected and the bacteriological and chemical analyses of the supply from
the above sources after treatment are shown on the attached sheets.
(b) On account of their hardness content and alkaline reaction the Board's river and well water supplies
are shown to be not plumbo-solvent. It should, however, be appreciated that all types of water, pick
up varying amounts of metal from the material of water piping particularly when it is newly installed;
this applies to copper, zinc, iron and also to lead.
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