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WATER SUPPLY
The rater for the district is supplied by the Barnet District Gas and Water
Company and the Coine Valley Water Company.
With regard to the parnet District Gas and water Company, all the Water is
chlorinated, and a pathological staff is mainatined. The water, in bulk, is
examined daily and each pumping station once a week. 1,755 examinations of the
water were made during the year, i.e. 225 Chemical and 1,530 Bacteriological.
Of the Bacteriological samples, 1,360 per resentative of supply and the
percentage of first class (i.e. B. Coli absent in 100 millilitres,) was 96.3%
The Coine Valley water Company exercises constant supervision and members of
the staff are on duty day and night throughout the year examining samples. All
the water supplied by this Company is chlorinated
DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
The To wn is drained and severed on the separate system, excepting the older
portions of the district where it is a combined system.
The sewage is conveyed to an Irrigation Farm of 56 acres, but before it is
turned on the land it is screened, and treated by moans of detritus and sedimentation
tanks, and three rotary filters. Pumping is necessary for three severs which have
their outlets at a low point on the farm, A few outlying properties are drained
to cesspools, and part of Totteridge to the Finchley Borough Severs.
There are only a for earth closets in remote parts of the district.
SANITARY CONDITIONS AND WATER SUPPLY OF SCHOOLS.
There are eight public elementary schools in the district, viz:- Arkley
Church of England Infants School, Byng Road County Council School (Junior Mixed
and Infants and Senior Mixed Departments); Christ Church School, with Boys, Girls
and Infants Departments; Barnit Church of England School (Senior Mixed Department)
Totteridge Church of England School, (Boys, Girls and Infants), Grasvenor Avenue
School, (Infants); St. Catherine's Roman Catholic Mixed School; and Underhill
County Council. School, (Junior Mixed Department and Infants Department.)
The Assistant School Medical Officer visits each School at least once each term.
She is in constant touch with the teachers, and all doubtful cases of illness are at
once referred to her. Infectious cases and contacts are excluded from the Schools
and disinfections are carried out when necessary.