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The presence of large quantities of nitrates indicates that the
organic matter has been oxidized and rendered harmless.
WATER SUPPLY.
I took samples of water from three different points during the
year, viz.: top of Acton Hill, South Acton and East Acton. The
samples were collected in specially prepared Winchester quarts and
Sterile tubes, and submitted to a thorough chemical and Bacteriological
examination with satisfactory results.
Many of the ratepayers display extraordinary indifference as to the
importance of the periodical cleansing of their water cisterns. I have
repeatedly urged the importance of taking the drinking water from a
draw off tap straight from the rising main.
And once again I warn the ratepayers against using domestic
filters containing charcoal, which gives off phospate of lime, and so
forms food pabulum for microbes.
I am aware that in many of the older houses the water cisterns are
placed in a position that renders it very difficult to properly cleanse
them, viz.: under the ceilings in the scullery, and where they are exposed
to warmth and pollution. Whenever such cases come under my notice
I endeavour to get this serious sanitary defect remedied. There are,
I believe, few cisterns in the district now that have not properlyfitting
covers.
DWELLINGS.
The district still continues to be built upon very rapidly. A large
estate in the North of the Parish has lately been developed. Several
other estates have been opened up. These are :—
Acton Wells Estate, near Willesden.
SoUthfield Park Estate, off Southfield Road.
And Carlton Road Estate.