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Removal of Offensive Matter.
The bye-laws of the London County Council with regard to
the removal of offensive matter are enforced by the Borough
Council. No contraventions of the bye-laws were reported during
the year.
Water Supply.
During 1935 certificates of water supply in respect of 73
houses or tenements were issued in accordance with Section 48
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
In 20 cases additional water supply was provided to the upper
floors of tenement houses, where required by the Borough Council
under the provisions of Section 78 of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1907, and Section 48 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891.
During 1935, 41 notices were sent to the Metropolitan Water
Board of waste of water observed at various premises during the
course of inspection.
The water supply for the dwelling-houses on the Council's
Latchmere estate is derived from four deep artesian wells situate on
the baths premises adjoining. Two of these wells were provided in
1903, and two were then already in existence. The Public Analyst
was instructed to examine the water supplied from the wells, and his
report, submitted to the Baths Committee in December, showed that
all four boreholes yielded water of high organic purity, entirely free
from any suspicion of pollution, that there were slight differences in
the four samples in regard to their mineral constituents, but all
alike were remarkable for their high organic and bacteriological
purity.
Public Baths.
The swimming baths provided by the Council are situated at
the Latchmere Road and Battersea Park Road (Nine Elms) establishments.
During 1934 modern filtration plant was installed at
the Latchmere Road premises for the four swimming pools there,
and after a year's working samples of the water were, by instruction
of the Baths Committee, taken by the Public Analyst for examination.
The following is an abstract from his report thereon:—
Latchmere Road Baths.
I have to report that, at your request, I visited the above Baths on
Wednesday, October 9th, and collected samples from the First Class
and Ladies Swimming Baths, with a view to ascertaining the condition
of the water, which has been in continuous use since April 1st.
I was informed that the number of bathers using the Baths since this
date totalled 168,235, and that the make-up water amounted to some
10,000 gallons per week during this period.