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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH
The following section of the Report (pages 33 to 64 ) is devoted
to the work of the Public Health Inspectors together with other associated
officers. The Borough is divided into three areas - east, central and
west - each being the responsibility of one Inspector. In addition, the
Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector and one other Inspector are engaged
on duties concerned with the establishment of smoke control areas under
the provisions of the Clean Air Act, 1956. Two women Inspectors deal
with the inspection and supervision of shops and food premises including
food shops, food factories, canteens, restaurants, clubs, public houses,
stalls, mobile ice-cream vendors, etc. They also undertake the sampling
of articles of food, investigations in connection with food poisoning and
infectious disease, and dealing with recording of atmospheric pollution.
The majority of the work of the Inspectors has been carried out without
recourse to statutory measures, and although 774 complaints were brought
to the attention of the Public Health Department and some 24,609 inspections
and re-visits were made to all types of premises, it was only necessary
to institute legal proceedings in one case which concerned the sale of food
unfit for human consumption.
WATER SUPPLY-METROPOLITAN WATER BOARD
Water for human consumption is, with one exception, supplied from the
mains of the Metropolitan Water Board. With four exceptions, the same source
supplies water for purposes other than human consumption. Routine samples of
water submitted for analysis were in all cases satisfactory and no complaints
were received regarding the unsatisfactory condition of supplies. Samples for
analysis are in all cases submitted to the laboratory of the Metropolitan Water
Board and certificates giving the result of the analysis are submitted to the
Public Health Department.
The prompt receipt of information from the Board regarding the proposed
discontinuance of water supplies because of defects in the supply service or
the non-payment of water rate, enabled the Public Health Inspectors to provide
for continuity of supply in all but two of the ten cases referred to the
Department. A further two supplies were repaired at the direct request of the
Inspectors without requesting assistance from the Board.
WATER SUPPLY-WELLS
There are seven wells in existence in the Borough. One some 600 feet
deep supplies water for both drinking and domestic purposes to a large block
of flats. Two approximately 780 feet in depth provide water for industrial
use, another 400 feet deep provides a supply for fire-fighting purposes, the
water being lifted to a large roof storage tank. A further one of a depth
of 446 feet supplies the water to the Council's swimming pools, and the
remaining two at a depth of 600 feet are not in use, but held in reserve for
use in industrial washing.
PUBLIC BATHS
The Public Baths were opened in 1907 and comprise two swimming pools,