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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Water Supply.
The water supply to the Borough is the hands of two
Companies, (1) the Southwark and Vauxhall, which supplies
Putney and the greater portion of Wandsworth, the dividing line
being the main line of the London and South-Western Railway;
and (2) the Lambeth Company which supplies Clapham,
Streatham, Tooting, and a portion of Wandsworth.
The monthly reports of the Government Analyst on the condition
of the Thames derived water were satisfactory, any departure
from the ordinary being carefully recorded.
In May a letter was received from the Medical Officer of
Health to the London County Council calling attention to a
report on the wells in the Borough, dated September, 1892, and
July and December, 1893, and asking if these wells are still in
existence, and if so, whether the water is used for domestic
purposes.
In consequence of this communcation an inspection of all the
known wells was made and an amended list was forwarded to the
London County Council.
In reply to this the Medical Officer of Health to the London
County Council stated that the Council's chemist had been instructed
to analyse samples of well water where necessary, and
the Medical Officer of Health wished to be informed if the samples
would be taken by them or by the officials of the Borough
Council.
This letter was brought before the Council in June, and it
was decided to leave the analysis in the hands of the London
County Council.
An analysis of water from two of the wells was made, and as
the analysis of one of the wells showed that the water was polluted
it was decided to order the well to be closed. In the other case
the water was satisfactory.
The following list is a copy of the list forwarded to the
London County Council.