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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
1. 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 satisfactory both in
quality and quantity.
The number of houses is 17,743 and the estimated
population at mid-year was 63,020.
The Metropolitan Water Board take regular and frequent
samples of mains water for bacteriological and chemical examination.
The re stilts are reported to have been satisfactory.
2. STEMMING BATHS.
The District has one public bath, controlled by the
London Parochial Charities, at Grange Farm, Chigwell. There are
also 5 private baths, 4 of these being at schools and one at the
Girl Guides' Camp at Chigwell. The Metropolitan Water Board
supply the water to all of these baths.
35 inspections were made during the season and 29 tests
of the chlorination treatment were carried out by the Public
Health Inspectors. Results were satisfactory.
3. RIVERS AND STREAMS.
The River Roding flows through the centre of the District
dividing the Ward of Chigwell on the south-east from those of
Buckhurst Kill and Loughton on the north-west side. There are
no buildings at present liable to floods in the river area within
this District which is under the .jurisdiction of the Essex River
Board, Some flooding of fields in the valley occurred in i960
during the exceptionally heavy winter rains#
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