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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 193 6
Nuisance Orders: 28 days 3
21 days 4
7 days 1
Summons withdrawn 10 (Work completed)
Summons adjourned 2
Proceedings for: Penalty Summons 1
(Pine £5 with £2 costs)
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, 2 complaints were received. The Metropolitan Water
Board was informed and the samples analysed and found satis factory.
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 ofwater
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.