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(vii) Inspection of Nursing Homes, Etc.
Quarterly inspections have again been carried out during the
year on behalf of the Essex County Council, which is the Local
Supervising Authority, and investigations have been made in respect
of Maternal Deaths, Cases of Puerperal Pyrexia, Eye Discharges
of an Infant, and Liability of the Midwives to be a Source
of Infection, etc.
3.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
(i) Water.
During the year there was again sufficient rainfall to enable
us to have an adequate supply of water to meet all requirements
in spite of the remarkably mild and dry weather in the early
Spring. As recorded at Raphael Park, the total rainfall for 1938
was 21.01ins., compared with 27.33ins. during 1937.
Mr. Bernard W. Bryan, Engineer to the South Essex Waterworks
Company has once more kindly supplied me with information,
relative to the Company's water supply, which is as follows:
"During the year 1938, the following mains were laid in your
Borough:—
4in 5,788 yards.
6in 1,498 yards.
9in 59 yards.
The analytical reports on all analyses made of the water
supplied in your Borough showed that the water was pm*e and
wholesome and suitable for the purposes of a public supply.
It is anticipated that the Stour Supply Scheme (1935) will
come into supply during the Spring of 1940.
A laboratory has been built and equipped at the Company's
Langham Works, and a whole-time chemist and bacteriologist has
been engaged; analytical work is about to be commenced."
In addition to the above analyses, samples of water taken
from premises in the District by the Sanitary Inspectors were
submitted for Chemical and Bacteriological examination. These
invariably showed the water to be pure and wholesome in character
and suitable for drinking and domestic purposes.