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23.
FACTORIES ACT, l937.
Number of inspections 181
Notices served to remedy defects 28
Notices complied with 23
Matters notified by H. M. Inspector
of Factories 12
Lists of Outworkers received 19
Outworkers premises inspected 20
Nature of defects remedied at Factories;-
Sanitary accommodation.
Insufficient 1
Unsuitable or defective 13
Improperly ventilated or
unventilated 5
Want of cleanlinoss 37
Inadequate lighting 1
Other offences 11
WATER SUPPLY.
The Borough has a dual source of water supply:-
1. The Metropolitan Water Board supplying en area bounded on the
west by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, on the North
by a line along the Mutton Brook to Bridge Lane and on the East
by the London North Eastern Railway. The remaining Northern
portion of the Borough is supplied by the Colne Valley Water
Company.
The Metropolitan Water Board supplies selected Thames water
which has been subjected to purification by storage in which
time it is freed of the bulk of organisms. It is filtered
through rapid and then slow filters, attaining a degree of
purity which compares favourably with the general supplies in
Great Britain, but as a further safeguard, terminal chlorination
is applied which ensures a first class water in every respect.
Samples of waters and filter beds ere examined bactoriologically,
chemically and for taste rnd other spcciel purposes on every
working day.
2. The Colne Valley Water Company derives its supply from deep
wells sunk into the chalk rnd before distribution to the
consumers the water is under the constant supervision of a
chemical and bactoriologica1 staff which carries out examinations
in modern laboratories situated at the Works.
A high standard of purity is maintained.
SWIMMING BATHS.
There are two swimming baths owned by the Local Authority and one
privately owned.
The purification and filtration plant at the Locel Authority's baths
consists of filters of the horizontrl pressure type, together with centrifugal
pumps, chlorination plant and cascede aerators.
The total quantity of bath water can be passed through the filters in
four hours, but during slack bathing periods this is extended to six hours.