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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 22.9
Permanent hardness 6.0
Temporary hardness 16.9
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-six samples of water were obtained and submitted to
the Central Health Laboratory, Colindale, all of which 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 foodstuffs, amounting to 3 tons
0 cwts. 1 qr, 1 lb, were examined in retail shops as a result of
complaints from the shopkeepers or the public, and were condemned.
2,191½ lbs. Meat
670¼ lbs. Tinned Meat
442¾ lbs. Offal
225½ lbs. Sausages
22½ lbs. Tinned Sausages
¾ lb. Poultry
1 lb. Rabbit
52 lbs. Bacon
9¼ lbs. Meat and Fish Paste
65¾ lbs Dried Fruit
1,837 lbs. Tinned Fruit
12 lbs. Tinned Fruit Juice
71½ lbs. Soup
15¾ lbs. Pickles, Sauces, etc.
404¼ lbs. Tinned Vegetables
249 lbs. Fish
42¾ lbs. Tinned Fish
300½ lbs. Tinned Milk
17¼ lbs. Cheese
28 Eggs
8 lbs. Dried Egg
3¼ lbs. Cereals
2 lbs. Tinned Cream
29 lbs. Marmalade
2¼ lbs. Jam and Mincemeat
1 lb. Flour
1 lb. Tinned Pudding
5½ lbs. Biscuits
54 lbs Sweets
4 lbs Glucose
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