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14
WATER SUPPLY
The Borough is supplied with water by the Metropolitan Water
Board, except for part of the Hadley Wood and Cockfosters area,
which is supplied by the Barnet District Water Company.
Both of these Authorities take regular and frequent samples
for analysis. Copies of these reports are sent to the Health Department,
and have shown satisfactory results.
There was no cause to suspect any contamination during the
year.
There are three dwellings in Enfield which receive their water
supply other than from a public company ; these are under constant
supervision.
The question of well-water supplies, both in connection with
dwelling-houses and industrial premises, throughout the Borough
has received the careful attention of the Department during the year,
and every care has been exercised to see that such supplies are not
used for drinking purposes where mains water supply is available,
and during the year five samples of well water were examined
bacteriologically.
In addition, fourteen samples of drinking water other than
from wells were bacteriologically examined, and found to be satisfactory.