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SECTION B
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH
(1) Water Supply
Water for domestic purposes in the Borough is obtained in all
cases from the Metropolitan Water Board.
Bacteriological and chemical examination of the water is carried
out at frequent intervals by the Metropolitan Water Board. The
results of examination are available to the local authority and they
were uniformly satisfactory during 1953. There has been no evidence
that the water has a plumbo-solvent action.
Notices were sent to the Board in 41 cases where wastage of
water due to defective pipes or fittings was observed.
During the year 196 new premises were certified as having a
proper and sufficient water supply in accordance with Section 95 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
In addition to the supply from the Metropolitan Water Board,
there are five wells used for purposes other than drinking. These
aret:-
Attached to Council's Public Baths 1
Attached to a hospital 1
Supplementary supply for industrial purposes 3
(2) Sanitary Inspection of the Borough
The Borough was divided into six sanitary inspectors' districts
and Table 2, which follows, gives a summary of the work of the
inspectors. The major portion of the work was concerned with
insanitary conditions.
Following the 2,745 complaints of insanitary conditions sanitary
defects were found requiring the service of Intimation Notices in
2,104 cases. Of these statutory notices were required in 874
instances and legal proceedings were instituted in 80 cases. The
main types of defects found are shown in Table 3.