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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 tlhe
year is:—
Total hardness 22.7
Permanent hardness 6.0
Temporary hardness 16.7
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.
Forty-four samples of water were obtained and submitted to the
Central Health Laboratory, and all the samples were satisfactory.
Private Swimming Pools.
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 items of meat and food, amounting to 3 tons
5 cwts. 3 qrs. 0 lbs., were examined in retail shops as a result of
complaints from the shopkeepers or the public, and were condemned:—
590½ lbs. Meat 47½ lbs. Tinned Fruit Juice
2,514¾ lbs. Tinned Meat 2¾ lbs. Olives
122 lbs. Offal 107½ lbs. Soup
108 lbs. Sausages 59½ lbs. Pickles, Sauces, etc.
49 lbs. Poultry 17 lbs. Vegetables
100 lbs. Rabbit 714 lbs. Tinned Vegetables
14½ lbs. Bacon 48 Eggs
6½ lbs. Meat and Fish Paste 45 lbs. Flour
5½ lbs Suet 30 lbs. Cake and Pudding Mixtures
939½ lbs. Fish 214¾ lbs. Tinned Milk
82¾ lbs. Tinned Fish 215 lbs. Cheese
5½ lbs. Tinned Pudding 210¾ lbs. Cereals
221½ lbs. Dried Fruit ½ lb. Jelly Crystals
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