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WATER SUPPLY.- Practically the whole of the water supply
in the district is from the mains of the Metropolitan
Water Board, the remaining small portion of the area being
supplied by the Barnet Gas & Water Co. The supply has
been entirely satisfactory throughout the year in both
quality and quantity. All the houses in the district are
provided with a piped supply direct to the houses, the few
remaining wells having been discontinued some years ago.
No bacteriological or chemical examinations of
drinking water were undertaken during the year.
There is no evidence of any plumbo-solvent action of
the wator.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE,
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION.- The following is a
summary of the work carried out -under this heading
during the year:
Total number of rooms disinfected 178
Total number of articles of bedding
etc. disinfected 1669
Total number of articles destroyed 75
Total number of library books disinfected 527
Number of verminous houses disinfested 115
Number of verminous rooms therein 193
Number of verminous articles destroyed 171
IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA.- 558 persons attended
for immunisation during 1944 at the weekly clinic held
at the Town Hall. This compares with a total of 906
dur ing 1943.
It is calculated that at the 31st December, 1944
47.23% of the children in Southgate below the age of 5
have been immunised and that 67.22% of children between
5 and 15 years of age have been similarly protected.
The total number of persons attending the clinic
for immunisation from the commencement of the scheme in
March 1933 until December 31st, 1944 is 9,338.
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