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available as to the precautions taken in the use of the substances, and what, if anything,
has to be done about waste products. The total use in Southall is said to be still extremely
minute.
The Metropolitan Water Board now gives, with its monthly report on the state of the
water coming into public supply, a short notice of the radioactivity as estimated by the
Board's Laboratory Staff, and also records the reports of the Atomic Energy Authority
on the radioactive content of outfalls into the Thames from the nuclear reactors.
The Radio Active Substances Act (1960) provided for the central registration and control
of the keeping and use of radioactive materials and the disposal of radioactive waste,
and enabled the central authority to notify local authorities of the existence of registered
premises within their boundaries. No notifications of this nature have yet been received in
the Public Health Department.
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