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Reports are received monthly from the Colne Valley Water
Company as to the chemical and bacteriological examination of
samples of water and these have proved satisfactory.
The water supplied in this area is not plumbo-solvent.
The average hardness of samples of water taken during the
year is:—
Total hardness 20.8
Permanent hardness 2.6
Temporary hardness 18.2
All new and repaired mains are chlorinated before being
restored to use and samples of water from them are tested
bacteriologically to ensure the purity of the water.
9. SWIMMING POOLS
Ruislip Lido.
30 samples of water were obtained and submitted to the
Central Health Laboratory and except for one or two unsatisfactory
reports during a period of drought all the other samples were
satisfactory.
Private Swimming Pools.
All private swimming pools in the district were regularly
inspected and samples obtained, all of which were satisfactory.
10. MEAT AND OTHER FOODS
There are no slaughterhouses or wholesale meat depots in this
district. Food shops, restaurants and premises where food is prepared,
stored or sold have been frequently inspected and found to
be generally satisfactory.
The following list of meat and food condemned were examined
in retail shops as a result of complaints from the shopkeepers or
the public. This food was destroyed or disposed of in accordance
with the instructions of the Salvage Division of the Ministry of
food:—
302¼lbs. Meat 6llbs. Rabbit
537¾lbs. Tinned Meat 32¼lbs. Tinned Soup
181bs. Whale Meat 35¾lbs. Pickles
184lbs. Sausages ll½lbs. Sauce
104lbs. Poultry 3231bs. Tinned Vegetables
4¾llbs. Meat Paste 257 Eggs
3,006lbs. Fish 51bs. Dried Eggs
29lbs. Tinned Fish 54lbs. Flour
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