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(b) Forms of dental treatment provided:—
Anaesthetics. Scalings
Extracor Silver Radio- Dentures
tions Fillings. Scaling Nitrate Dressings. provided.
and Gum Treatment. grapns.
Local. General. Treatment. Complete. Partial
Expectant and
Nursing
Mothers.
Children
under five 21 12 1
2.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
(i) Water.
Mr. H. CI. Ramsay, Chief Engineer of the South Essex Waterworks
Company, has kindly given me the following report with
regard to the water supply to the district:—
"(a) There have been no new extensions of public water supply
during the year 1950 other than those necessitated by the supply
to the permanent housing sites.
(b) Lengths of mains laid, in yards:—
3" 4" 6" 9"
L.C.C. Harold Hill Estate 177 9,043 633 1,939
Romford Area — 1,294 278 392
Totals 177 10,337 911 2,331
(c) Bacteriological and chemical examinations are made of the
raw water, of the water in its various stages of treatment, of the
water supplied from the Company's wells, and of the water going
into supply.
Analyses are also made of samples obtained from consumers'
taps in various parts of the Companys' district; all proved to be
satisfactory.
A total of over 3,300 chemical, bacteriological, and biological
examinations have been made.
(d) The water supplied was sufficient and wholesome, and the
supply was constant throughout, with no plumbo-solvent action."
Approximately 0.1 per cent of the inhabited houses, and 0.1 per
cent of the population of the Borough take their water from standpipes.
In addition to the above analyses, independent samples have
again been taken by the sanitary inspeatoiis for bacteriological
analyses once per month, and chemical analyses once per six months
and the results have confirmed the findings of the Waterworks
Company. On one occasion, however, an abnormality was found,