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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Yiewsley and West Drayton 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Yiewsley]
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SECTION D
WATER SUPPLY
Mains water was supplied by Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley
Water Company.
No adverse complaints about the area's water supply were received
during the year and a typical bacteriological and chemical examination result
is shown for your information. The results refer to water pumped from
the West Drayton Pumping Station.
Hardness in the water is an inconvenience one has come to accept, but
it is nevertheless a financial burden on the Council who are continually
defurring Council house plumbing systems due to its effects.
There are only 5 houses in the Urban District where the water supply
is derived from wells.
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