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WATER SUPPLY.
The water supply of the district is provided
by the Lee Valley Water Company, except for a small
part of the South Ward which is supplied from the
mains of the Metropolitan Water Board. All the houses
in the district have a piped internal supply.
The supply is adequate and reports on samples
taken at frequent intervals by the Water Company
shewed that the water was of a high standard of
bacterial purity suitable for public supply purposes.
The water is not plumbo-solvent.
RODENT CONTROL.
Four hundred and forty-seven premises were
visited during the year either following complaints
or during routine inspection of the district for
unsuspected or unreported infestations by rats.
Infestations were found at 220 premises and these
were all dealt with by the Department.
Two treatments of the district sewers were
undertaken. The level of infestation found was
very much the same as last year.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Rag flock and other filling materials.
The conditions under which rag flock and
other filling materials are used in upholstering etc.,
particularly the cleanliness of the materials,
are controlled by the Rag Flock and Other Filling
Materials Act.
There is only one trader in the district whose
business comes within the scope of the Act and the '
premises used have been registered and were visited.
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