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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936
Nuisance Orders; 28 days 1
21 days 1
10 days 1
Summons withdrawn 2 (Work completed)
Summons adjourned 2
Proceedings for: Recovery of Costs –
Power of Entry –
WATER SUPPLY
The domestic water supply of the Borough is supplied by the
Metropolitan Water Board, and has been satisfactory in quality and
quantity.
During the year, 4 complaints were received. The Metropolitan
Water Board was informed and the samples analysed, and found satisfactory.
Whilst the Board from time to time draws samples for bacteriological
and chemical examination, samples of drinking water have
been taken by the Public Health Inspectors and submitted to the
Public Analyst who has reported in each case that the supply was
satisfactory.
In many of the old tenement buildings the water supply is
communal, there being taps on the staircase landings whilst in
others the water passes through storage tanks on the roofs. The
indirect supply of water for drinking purposes has been considered
in a number of cases to be unsatisfactory and representations have
been made to the owners with a view to all taps being supplied
direct from the rising main.