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briquetted fuels carbonised in the process of manufacture; coke;
electricity; gas; low temperature carbonisation fuels; low volatile steam
coals.
Following the coming into operation of a Smoke Control Order, if
on any day smoke is emitted from a chimney of any building within
the area the occupier of the building would be guilty of an offence.
The question of the establishment of a smoke control area is at
present under consideration by the Council.
Offensive Trades.
There are two premises in the Borough at which the scheduled
offensive trade of fat melting is carried on. The firms concerned have
been established for many years, and the trades are conducted
satisfactorily.
Water Supply.
During the year certificates under Section 95 (2) of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936, were issued in respect of 204 new or
re-erected dwellings.
Fifty-two notices of waste of water from defective fittings, etc..
observed during routine inspections of various premises, were sent
to the Metropolitan Water Board.
The deep wells at the Latchmere Road Public Baths are again
functioning, supplying the Baths Establishment and the Council's
Latchmere Estate. Following the overhaul of the pumps and the
replacement of the storage tank, a series of samples taken of the
water supply proved consistently good. Check samples are taken of
the water at fortnightly intervals, and submitted to the Public Health
Laboratory Service for analysis.
I am indebted to the Director of Water Examination of the
Metropolitan Water Board for the following information in connection
with water supplied by the Board to the Borough generally.
"The supply to the Battersea area has been satisfactory both
quantity and quality during the year 1956.
The water is all River Thames-derived. It is stored in the
Board's reservoirs at Staines, Laleham and Walton and treated in the
Board's works at Hampton, Surbiton and Walton. The method of
purification is by storage, filtration and terminal chlorination and
contact tanks are in operation at Hampton and Walton to ensure
efficient disinfection of the water. Plans are progressing for the construction
of a contact tank at the Surbiton works.
Samples are collected on five days in every week and more
frequently if required, from each stage of the purification process and in
the distribution system. Tests include physical, chemical and microbiological
examination of the water.
All new and repaired mains are chlorinated before being restored
to service and samples of water from them are tested bacteriologically
to ensure that its quality is up to that normally supplied.
The water supplied to the Borough of Battersea is not plumbosolvent."