View report page

Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 91
An analysis of the water on the 3rd January showed that
the water was polluted and a sample was sent to the Lister Institute
for bacteriological examination. The report from that Institute
stated that the Bacillus Coli Communis was present to the
extent of at least 20 per cubic centimeter. The cistern was
thoroughly cleansed, as also all the service pipes in the house,
and another sample was taken for analysis.
This showed that the water was quite satisfactory in quality
and similar to the water taken from the main in the immediate
neighbourhood.
Three other analyses of water were made during the year,
one from a well at Clarence Farm, Priory Lane, Roehampton,
which was found to be at the time of fairly good quality, another
from the Public Drinking Fountain, Roehampton, also of satisfactory
quality, and a third from a Pasteur-Chamberlain Filter at
Messrs. Wickens, Pease & Company's works, Garratt Lane,
Wandsworth, which was decidedly polluted and unfit for drinking
■ purposes. In the last case the supply was stopped and water from
the Company's mains laid on.
None of the water from the other wells in the Borough, particulars
of which were given in last year's Report, were examined
during the year.
Housing of the Working Classes.
The following report was made to the Council by the Public
Health Committee in August: —
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE.
Since the presentation of the last report to the Council
on October 1st, 1902, the Committee, through the Housing
Sub-Committee, has continued its enquiries in various parts
of the Borough, has visited several apparently suitable areas,
has made inquiries into prices of land and has considered a
number of schemes submitted to it by the Council in furtherance
of the object.
The following suggestions were made and on them the
Housing Sub-Committee has reported: —