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SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supplies.
Thirteen samples were taken by my Department during the year from
the main supply. Five were submitted for chemical and bacteriological
examination and eight for bacteriological examination only. In each case
a satisfactory report was received.
The South Essex Waterworks Company have kindly supplied the
following particulars concerning the main supply for the District: —
"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 4,080 chemical, bacteriological and biological
examinations have been made and all water going into supply was
wholesome. In addition samples were examined for radioactivity.
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 supply is not plumbo-solvent.
No action has been necessary in respect to any form of contamination.
The number of dwelling houses supplied as at the 31st December
last was 39,043 and the population as at the 30th June, 1958, as obtained
from the Registrar-General was 120,300.
We are unable to state the number of houses supplied by standpipes,
but the total is quite insignificant."
Atmospheric Pollution.
Legislation:
The Clean Air Act 1956 (Appointed Day) Order 1958 brought into
force on 1.6.58 further sections of the Act and provided yet another
demonstrable step towards our target-
Pollution Factors:
Apart from the detailed survey of an area in Cranham (subsequently
selected as our first Clean Air zone) which was published in the "Medical
Officer," a report was presented to you on the steps which might be
taken in the near future to mark initial progress in our efforts to eliminate
unnecessary smoke in the town.