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Summonses - Proceedings instituted during the year
Public Health Acts 26
Food & Drugs Act 1955 and
Regulations made thereunder 41
Sewerage
The main sewers and the sewage disposal system in London are the responsibility
of the Greater London Council. Rainwater and soil sewage are
carried in the same sewers, but the arrangements for Hammersmith are not
yet adequate inasmuch as some basements in the Borough are liable to flooding
from time to time when heavy storms cause the sewers to be surcharged.
However, work now being undertaken by the Greater London Council to obviate
the trouble caused by storm water continues, and the position is
gradually improving year by year.
Water Supply
I am indebted to Dr. E. Windle Taylor, Director of Water Examination
for the Metropolitan Water Board who kindly supplied the following Report:-
"The supply was satisfactory both as to quality and quantity throughout
1968.
All new and repaired mains are disinfected with chlorine; after a
predetermined period of contact the pipes are flushed out and refilled;
samples of water are then collected from these treated mains; and the mains
are returned to service only after results are found to be satisfactory.
The quality control from these laboratories is carried out by means
of daily sampling from sources of supply, from the treatment works or well
stations, from the distribution system, and through to the consumer. Any
sign of contamination or any other abnormality is immediately investigated.
No houses were permanently supplied by standpipe. No artificial fluoride
was added, and where the fluoride content is indicated in the analyses
it represents the naturally occurring fluoride in the water.
The supply was derived from the following works and pumping stations:River
Thames via Surbiton, Hampton and Ashford Common works.
No new sources of supply were instituted and there were no changes to
the general scheme of supply in your area.
The number of samples collected and the bacteriological and chemical
analyses of the supply from the above sources after treatment are shown in
the tables at the end of this Report.
On account of their hardness content and alkaline reaction the Board's
river and well water supplies are not considered to be plumbo solvent. It
should, however, be appreciated that all types of water pick up varying
amounts of metal from the material of water piping particularly when it is
newly installed; this applies to copper, zinc, iron and also to lead.
Special tests for lead have been carried out during 1968 on 100 premises
where a lead supply pipe is installed The premises were chosen to give an
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