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SECTION C.
Sanitary Circumstances.
Water.
The Borough is freely supplied with water by the Metropolitan
Water Board. No samples of drinking water for bacteriological or
chemical tests were taken during 1952 by the Sanitary Inspectors.
Swimming Baths.
There are 4 indoor swimming baths in the Borough, 3 of which
belong to the Council all of which maintain regular chlorination of
the water. Bacteriological examination has shown an almost complete
freedom from contamination.
Sanitary Conditions.
The Sanitary conditions of the Borough were subject to routine
inspection and investigations were made into the circumstances
of all complaints made.
The work undertaken apart from that detailed elsewhere in
this report is summarized in the following table :—
Sanitary Conditions.
The following is a summary of work undertaken by the Sanitary
Inspectors during 1952.
Houses, damp, dirty or dilapidated, remedied 806
Doors, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, sashcords repaired 1,096
Water closet defects remedied 195
Water closets erected 281
Urinal defects remedied 22
Urinals erected 26
Soil pipe and ventilating shaft defects remedied 27
Soil pipe and ventilating shafts erected 69
Yard defects remedied 62
Waste pipe defects remedied 73
Waste pipes erected 91
Water cistern defects remedied 85
Accumulations of rubbish or manure removed 65