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15
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.
Candidates for permanent appointment to the Council's service
are required to pass a medical examination on appointment as are
manual staff for admission to the Sickness Pay scheme of the
National Joint Industrial Council for Local Authorities NonTrading
Services.
During the year the following examinations were carried out:
Administrative, Technical and Clerical
Staff 47
Manual Staff 7
Sickness Pay Scheme 146
Total200
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Water.
1. The water supply has been satisfactory both in quality
and quantity. There are three sources of supply in the Borough.
The Greenford North, Greenford South, Greenford Central, and
Perivale Wards are supplied by the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge
Valley Water Company with the exception of five roads in Perivale
Ward which are served by the Colne Valley Water Company.
The remainder of the Borough is supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board.
2. No samples were taken by my Department from any
public supply either for bacteriological or chemical analysis.
3. No plumbo¬solvent action occurs in any of the water
supplies.
4. No action was taken in respect of any form of contamination.
5. Water from public mains is supplied to 49,303 houses
with an estimated population of 188,700.
There are eight factories in the Borough using water from
deep borings ranging in depth from 300 feet to 600 feet. The
water is used for general factory purposes and in four of them it
is also used for drinking. Samples were taken from these four
wells during the year and the results of the analyses showed that
the supplies were satisfactory and suitable for drinking purposes.
Four other deep borings exist but are at present unused.