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SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.
The main supply remains adequate and wholesome. Systematic
sampling was carried out by the Department during the year in
conjunction with other local authorities obtaining their supplies
from the South Essex Waterworks Company. In all 14 samples
were taken. An example of analysis is given below :—
"This sample is clear and bright in appearance and is of
a high standard of bacterial purity.
The results are indicative of a water which is wholesome
in character and suitable for drinking and domestic purposes."
The question of extending the supply in the Hacton Lane—
"White Hart" and Rainham Lodge area—was pursued to a point
when it seemed the work was likely shortly to be put in hand.
The South Essex Waterworks Company were good enough to
supply us with the following particulars :—
" The water supply of the whole of your area has been
satisfactory in quality and quantity.
Bacteriological and chemical examinations are made of
the raw water, of the water in its various stages of treatment
and of the water going into supply.
A total of over 3,800 chemical, bacteriological and biological
examinations have been made and all water going into
supply was wholesome.
In addition, analyses have also been made of samples
obtained from consumers' taps in the various parts of the Company's
district, including that of your Council, and all proved
to be satisfactory.
The water supplied is not plumbo-solvent.
No action has been necessary in respect to any form of
contamination.
The number of dwelling houses supplied as at 31st
December, 1950, was 29,905 and the population as at 30th
June, 1950, as obtained from the Registrar-General was
103,700."
Approximately 0.6 per cent, of the inhabited houses, and 0.6
per cent! of the population of the Urban District obtain their water
from standpipes.
We have a limited number of properties in which there is not
and is never likely to be a main water supply. The buildings concerned
are often of an old type and in some instances the problem
of an unsatisfactory supply has been solved by the building itself