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alteration and it is advisable to enquire of the Vale Drive Clinic (BAR: 6194) for
the current days and times.
Home Helps Service.
The local office of the Herts County Council Home Helps Service at No. 31 Wood
Street, Barnet, is open daily from 11 - 12 noon, Monday to Friday inclusive.
PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF.
Acting Medical Officer of Health.
Ø x Arthur L. Hyatt, M.R.C.S.(Eng.), L.R.C.P.
Chief Sanitary Inspector.
+ Ø John Baillie Wilson, M.R.San.I., M.S.I.A.
Additional Sanitary Inspector.
Ø Howard W. C. Alloway, A.R.San.I., M.S.I.A.
Clerical Staff.
One Clerk-Typist.
+ Holds the special qualification as Inspector of Meat and other Foods under
examination of the Royal Sanitary Institute.
Ø Salary Contribution of one half from Exchequer Grants.
x Part-time Officer.
WATER SUPPLY.
The major area of the District is supplied with water from the mains of the
Barnet District Water Company, and the remainder is served by the Colne Valley
Water Company.
All water supplied by the Barnet District Water Company is chlorinated. A
pathological staff is maintained and the water is regularly tested at all stages.
During the year, a total of 217 Chemical and 1446 Bacteriological examinations of
the water were made by the Company's own staff. The Company submitted some 94
samples for examination by an independent laboratory, all of which were B. Coli.
absent in 100 millilitres.
Of the Bacteriological samples representative of supply, the percentage of
first class (i.e. Coliform organisms absent in 100 millilitres) was 98«9$> which is
regarded as quite satisfactory.
The Colne Valley Water Company exercises constant supervision, and members of