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7
Sanitary Circumstances of the District.
Water Supply.
The whole of the water supply in the District is obtained from
the Metropolitan Water Board (New River District); the supply
is a constant service, water being laid on to each house.
The whole of the houses on the Noel Park Estate have their
supply direct from the main service pipe, without any storage
cisterns.
By the Wood Green District Council Act, 1903, sect. 42:—
"Any cistern used for the supply of water for domestic purposes
"so placed, constructed or kept as to render the water therein
"liable to contamination causing or likely to cause risk to health
"shall be deemed a nuisance within the meaning of the Public
"Health Act, 1875."
It will be seen from my previous reports and from the details
in the Inspector's Report, that we are gradually getting the remaining
houses in the District to take supply direct from the main
service pipe, for dietary purposes.
In August we had complaints from two householders on the
Noel Park Estate that "insects" were being found in the drinking
water.
The houses concerned were next each other, and form part
of a long row of houses in the same Road, all are supplied with water
from separate branches taken direct from the main service pipe
in the Road, without any storage cisterns.
There is only one water tap in these houses for dietary purposes,
situated over the scullery sink; in each case they had affixed
to the taps "anti-splashes," which caught the "insects" complained
of.
I had enquiry made and found that none of the other houses
were affected.