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THE HEALTH OF BARKING
SECTION D.
environmental health services.
(A) sanitary circumstances of the area.
RAINFALL.
The rainfall for the year ended 31st December, 1946, was 24.50 inches, as
compared with 17.99 for the previous year.
Rain fell on 160 days in the year 1946.
WATER SUPPLY.
With the building of new dwellings, there has of necessity been an extension of
mains during the year of a total length of 2,507 yards.
Samples are drawn from the domestic supplies and submitted quarterly for
chemical and monthly for bacteriological examination. All samples have been
found to he pure and wholesome.
There are in the district 8 wells which are on factory premises. In two
instances these wells are used to supply water for drinking purposes to the employees;
samples drawn from such supplies are examined and during the year have been found
satisfactory. The bore holes of these wells are sunk to a depth of from 200 to 400
feet. Their real purpose when constructed was to supply water for industrial
purposes. During the war they were scheduled to provide an alternative supply
of water for civil defence needs.
DRAINAGE and sewerage.
Apart from 8 premises unconnected with the sewer, owing to their remote
position, the whole of the district is drained to the Northern Outfall Works of the
London County Council. The drainage of surface water is separated from that of
sewage. The disposal of sewage is the concern of the Ilford and Barking Joint
Sewerage Committee.
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