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co-operate with the Edgware General Hospital wherever possible, and they likewise
reciprocate. "
STAFF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
During the year under review 109 new entrants or employees of the Hendon Borough
Council were medically examined for superannuation purposes.
Of this number 93 were passed as fit, 2 were unfit and in 9 cases the decision
was deferred pending further medical examinations.
The number of examinations in respect of each department of the Council was as
follows:-
Town Clerk's 10
Borough Treasurer's 9
Borough Engineer's 48
Borough Librarian's 28
Borough Housing Officer's 12
Medical Officer of Health' s 2
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SECTION D.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Water Supply
The Borough has a dual source of supply. The northern part is supplied by the
Colne Valley Water Company and the central and southern portion by the Metropolitan
Water Board.
The Colne Valley water is derived from deep wells sunk into the chalk and before
distribution to the consumers the water is under constant supervision of a chemical
and bacteriological staff which carries out examinations in modern laboratories
situated at the works.
The water supplied by the Metropolitan Water Board is 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 water are examined bacteriologically,
chemically and for taste and other special purposes on every working day.
The supply to all areas was satisfactory in quality and quantity.
Number of dwellinghouses supplied from public water mains:-
(a) Direct to houses 45,200
(b) by means of standpipes Nil
Number of population supplied from public water mains:-
(a) Direct to houses 151,500
(b) by means of standpipes Nil
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