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Water
The resident population of 92,940 in some 27,700 dwellings receive
water from the Metropolitan Water Board's mains or from deep wells.
At 31st December, 1960, eighty-five deep wells were in use. From
eighty-two of these wells, the water is used for domestic purposes. Of the
remainder, one supply is used for cooling purposes, one for stand-by in case
of fire, and one for supplying boilers.
During the year, 160 samples 'of water from wells in the City were
submitted for examination; satisfactory reports were received of 96
bacteriological examinations and 64 chemical analyses.
Public Swimming Baths
(I am indebted to the Director of Public Cleansing for the following
information)
The City Council has three public baths establishments, at Buckingham
Palace Road, and Marshall Street (each having two swimming pools),
and at Great Smith Street, where there is one pool.
The water for each of the swimming pools is supplied by the
Metropolitan Water Board and is continuously filtered and chlorinated
(with modern equipment) at a rate of 25,000—40,000 gallons per hour,
the whole of the water of any one pool being filtered and chemically treated
in four hours.