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Young people who started upon their careers or who sought a change of job during
the year had little difficulty in finding something suitable. The physical and economic
climate has been reasonable and as a consequence there is no marked change in the
employment position to report.
Since the implementation of the Education Act, 1962, there have been two school
leaving periods (i.e., at the end of the Easter and Midsummer terms) instead of three
and with virtually no Christmas school leavers a number of the vacancies notified
during the winter months remained unfilled until the Easter school leavers were available.
These young people, together with those who left at Midsummer had a wide
variety of occupations from which to choose but the popularity of some cannot be
shaken. Engineering was still the first choice of most boys but this year it was followed
closely by clerical and sales work. Where girls were concerned by far the largest
number entered clerical work of some kind. Retail distribution was again the next in
order of preference with hairdressing holding a very poor third place.
At the December count 206 unfilled vacancies were recorded (118 for boys and
88 for girls). When the count of unemployed young persons was taken in the same
month there were 7 boys and 4 girls on the register.
WATER SUPPLY
The water supply to all dwellings in the Borough is direct from the public water
mains and no supplies are given by means of standpipes. The Lee Valley Wrater
Company distribute the water, part of which is supplied via a bulk supply from the
Metropolitan Water Board.
Five hundred and fifty-nine bacteriological and 10 chemical samples of water
from the distribution system were examined by the Company and were reported to
conform to standards of purity considered suitable for public supply.
The level of fluoride at the Northaw Pumping Station was recorded as 0.7 parts
per million, less than 0.2 part per million was recorded at the other five pumping stations
and at the 2 remaining points which are on the distribution system. A mixture of
Northaw water with water having no significant fluoride content reduces the level in
the blended water to insignificant traces. Fluoride in the Finchley supply is invariably
recorded as "less than 0.2 mg./litres."
The water was not liable to plumbo-solvent action and no cases of contamination
occurred.
The results of chemical analyses may be obtained from the Lee Valley Water
Company's Annual Report.
Statistical Tables—see page 62.
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