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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
1. WATER SUPPLY.
There are 18,121 dwelling houses in the area with an estimated
population of 62,240. Of these, one house is supplied with water from a
deep well. It is a satisfactory supply both as regards quality and
quantity and it is not plumbo-solvent. The remainder are supplied with
water from the Metropolitan Water Board mains, which, apart from several
complaints regarding suspended matter due to mains repairs, has been
satisfactory in quantity and quality and is not plumbo-solvent.
The house mentioned in my last report as having an unsatisfactory
shallow well supply has been closed and the occupants transferred to a
house with a piped water supply.
2. SWIMMING POOLS.
Routine visits have been made to the 6 swimming pools in the
area to carry out Chlorine tests and to ensure that the pools are
maintained in a satisfactory condition. 15 samples of water were sent
for bacteriological examination. Of these 12 were satisfactory and 3
unsatisfactory. Chlorination of the water in the pools from which the
latter results were obtained, was improved and satisfactory results were
then obtained.
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
Hill 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 occurs during the exceptionally heavy winter rains.
4. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
The soil drainage from the greater part of the District
gravitates to the main disposal works at Luxborough Lane which were
inproved in 1938, extended after the war and are now nearing the end of
a further stage of improvement, although the constant increase in the
number of dwellings in the District is making yet further work inevitable
and, as a result, final effluent and storm water treatment lagoons are
soon to be constructed and further percolating filters are to be provided.
A smaller part of the District drains to the Millers Lane Sewage
Disposal Works and the Council has decided to make improvements there also.
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