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Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951.
This Act came into operation on the 1st November, 1951. Under
its provisions various types of premises connected with the upholstery
trade or with the provision of filling materials for that trade must now
be registered or licensed with the local authority.
Up to the end of the year five premises had been registered by the
City Council and two premises licensed for storage purposes.
Water.
The resident population of 100,000 in 22,914 houses received water
from the Metropolitan Water Board's mains or from deep wells. Eighty.
nine deep wells were in use at 31st December, 1951. In all but 3 of these
89 deep wells the water is used for domestic purposes. In these 3, one
supply is used for cooling purposes, one for supplying boilers and one
is a stand-by in case of fire. Seventy bacteriological and 23 chemical
reports of analyses were received. Reports in relation to 3 of the
water supplies showed evidence of contamination. On investigation,
it was found that the water being drawn from the wells themselves was
of a satisfactory quality but the storage cisterns in 2 cases were
improperly covered, and in the other case a basement storage tank
was found to be defective, allowing ground water to gain access.
Necessary remedial measures were to be put in hand at each of the
premises affected. One installation was dismantled and the bore sealed
over during the year as the supply was insufficient.
Five complaints of contaminated drinking water were received
during the year, one of which was substantiated upon investigation.
In this instance a dirty storage cistern gave rise to the nuisance and a
direct mains supply was to be provided.

* Articles include pieces of furniture, books, clothing, etc., found in
badly infested rooms.