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SECTION B
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Water Supply
The domestic water supply in the Borough is taken from the
Metropolitan Water Board. Samples of the water are subjected
to regular routine chemical and bacteriological examination at
the Board's laboratories and the results of these examinations
are made available to the local authority.
The water supply to the Borough has been satisfactory both
in quality and quantity during 1964.
The water supply to the area is a mixture of River Thamesderived
and River Lee-derived filtered water in varying and unpredictable
proportions. A summary of the results of the chemical
and bacteriological analyses of the water passing into supply from
these two sources for the year 1964 is set out on page
The waters are not plumbo-solvent.
Immediate action is taken in respect of any form of contamination
revealed by inspection or analysis. All new and repaired
mains are disinfected with chlorine and the water in them is
checked as to its quality afterwards, before the structures are
restored to service.
All inhabited houses are supplied with a piped water supply
direct to them, and no houses are permanently supplied by standpipe.
Most have a supply for potable purposes direct off the main.
There have been no new sources of supply or new important
extensions of trunk mains in this area during the period under
consideration, and there were no changes in the general scheme
of supply. New mains were laid to the extent of 468 yards.
Acknowledgments are due to Dr. E. Windle Taylor, Director of
Water Examination, Metropolitan Water Board, who supplied facts and
f igures.
Water supply certificates were granted in accordance with
Section 95 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, in 585 cases.
There are 11 private wells in the Borough, some of which are
used for industrial purposes. In no case is the water used for
drinking purposes, but by arrangement with the owners of the wells,
the Metropolitan Water Board takes samples periodically for
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