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SECTION C
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
1. (i) Water
The water supply of the District is provided by the Metropolitan
Water Board except for one house in the District where it is drawn
from a well. This house is in the ownership of the Conservators of
Epping Forest and is situated in the forest a long way from the
mains supply.
The water is piped and has been generally satisfactory both in
quality and quantity.
The number of houses is 16,950 and the estimated population at midyear
was 61,150.
Two samples of water were taken during the year and reports were
received from the Counties Public Health Laboratories as follows
1. Pond Water.
Bulls Head Pond, Lou£hton.
'This sample has a substantial though not excessive
amount of organic matter for a pond water, bacterial
quality is of a comparatively high standard and
the analysis presents no evidence of the entry of
polluting discharges. The results therefore suggest
that the bad smell is caused simply by the death and
decay of weed growth."
2. Drinking Water.
1ll Forest Road, Loughton.
"This sample is practically clear and bright in appearance,
has a reaction on the alkaline side of neutrality and is
free from metals. The water is very hard in character but
its hardness and its content of mineral and saline
constituents in solution are not excessive. It is of a
high standard of organic quality. Slight bacterial impurity
is present.
These results are consistent with a wholesome water suitable
for drinking and domestic purposes. However, the
bacteriological quality fails to reach a high standard and
the results thus indicate the advisability of effective
protection of the storage tank against possibly more
serious contamination."
A notice to properly cover the water storage tank was
sent to the owner.
As the result of several complaints of an unpleasant taste of the
/water