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Miss Wilkinson 1 demonstration at Alma Road
Schools.
In completing my report on the maternity and child welfare
services of the district, I am able to say that the services provided
are adequate for the needs of the district. They are not complete
and cannot be expected to be so in a district which is growing as
rapidly as is Enfield. On the other hand, the care of the mother
and child has always received the most sympathetic consideration
of every member of the Council, irrespective of political creed, and
I have no doubt new problems will always be adequately dealt with.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supply.
With the exception of Hadley Wood and Cockfosters Ward,
which derive their water from the mains of the Barnet Gas and
Water Company, the District is almost entirely supplied by the
Metropolitan Water Board.
There are, however, about 80 houses in the District which
derive their water from wells.
During the course of the year samples of water were taken
from 15 wells supplying water to 29 houses and premises. The water
was found to be satisfactory in 4 cases and unsatisfactory in 11 cases.
In those cases where the water was found to be unsatisfactory
the wells were closed and the houses provided with a main water
supply.
Streams and Water-Courses.
Turkey Street Brook and other streams in the District are
under the control of the Middlesex County Council, and observation
is also kept on them by your Sanitary Staff, but no sources of
contamination were detected.
Drainage and Sewerage.
The populous parts of the District are all provided with sewers,
with outfall to Cuckoo Hall Farm, where sewage is dealt with by
septic tanks, filters, and partly by irrigation.
Two men are employed daily, who devote their whole time to
the work of examining and flushing the sewers, and any defect or
obstruction found is immediately dealt with.
Whilst the populous parts of the District are all provided with
sewers, development commenced in one portion of the District
where no means of drainage were available, and 3 houses have already
been erected on this site.