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A complaint was received concerning fumes emanating from a
factory, before any reasonable improvement was obtained, this
complaint caused over fifty inspections and observations to be made
by the inspectors and occupied over a hundred man hours.
1. (1) Water Supply
Mr. P. Gordon Spencer, Chief Engineer to the South Essex
Waterworks Company, has kindly provided the following information
regarding the water supply to the district.
(a) Length of mains laid in yards:—
3" 4" 6" 9" 12" 15" (Bedford's
Park
8 821 256 300 142 1,203 Reservoir)
Total 2,730 yards.
(b) The water supply of the area and of its several parts has
been satisfactory both as to quality and quantity.
(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 the various parts
of the Company's district and all proved to be satisfactory.
A total of over 3,967 chemical, bacteriological and biological
examinations have been made. In addition samples
were examined for radioactivity.
(d) The waters are not liable to plumbo-solvent action.
(e) No contamination has arisen therefore no action has been
necessary.
(f) The following are the average dwelling houses supplied
during 1963—34,517.
Sampling of Water
In addition to the control maintained by the Waterworks
management, the Public Health Inspectors take frequent samples
from consumers premises for Bacteriological and Chemical examination,
all the samples taken during the year proved to be satisfactory.
The Public Health Laboratories report on these samples generally
was, that the water was of a high Bacteriological standard and was
pure and wholesome.
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