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134 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The quality of the water was stated to be good in both
supplies in each month of the year with the exception of January
and December, when the supply was stated to be of bad or
unsatisfactory quality. The Water Examiner to the Local
Government Board stated in his report that a sample taken on the
17th December was the worst examined in the Government
Laboratory since October and November, 1903.
In the Lambeth supply a trace of free Ammonia was reported
in April, June, July, November, and December, and in the Southwark
supply in January and November.
The Albuminoid Ammonia was high in the Lambeth supply
in January, November, and December, and in the Southwark
supply in January and December.
The Director of Water Examinations in his report for
December, 1907, states that in 1907 the raw waters contained
more bacteria and bacilli coli than in 1906, but that the filtered
waters, excluding samples containing 100 or more microbes per
cubic centimetre, yielded about the same number of bacteria in
each year, and the bacillus coli results were approximately the
same.
He also stated that the effect of increased storage has
resulted in a decided improvement in the Southwark supply.
Cutting-off Notices.
During the year 91 notices with respect to 135 premises were
received from the Water Board stating that the supply had been
withdrawn. 49 of these notices referred to premises in the Lambeth
District supply, and 42 in the Southwark District supply.
15 of the premises were in Clapham, nine in Putney, 55 in
Streatham, 21 in Tooting, and 35 in Wandsworth.
The supply was withdrawn for non-payment of rate from 50
premises, in 70 the premises were empty, in seven the supply was
withdrawn by request, in two the cause of the supply being