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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
1. WATER SUPPLY.
The supply of water to 18,138 dwelling houses, housing 62,650
people in the area, is, except in the case of one house with its own supply
of water from a deep well, supplied by the Metropolitan Water Board.
Bacteriological and chemical examinations have throughout the year shown it
to be a pure and wholesome supply and of good quality, and not plumbo-solvent.
Such complaints as have been received throughout the year in regard to the
supply have invariably been traced to local work on mains or to domestic
pollution at the storage tank sources, these have all been investigated and
cleared up very speedily.
The well supply has proved to be satisfactory.
2. SWIMMING POOLS.
There are 8 swimming pools in the area and periodic inspections are
made to establish the cleanliness and bacterial condition of the water. 18
samples of the water were salt for bacteriological examination, of these, 16
samples were found to be satisfactory and 2 unsatisfactory. After further
chlorination at the pools from which the unsatisfactory samples were obtained,
repeat samples proved to be 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 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 was improved in 1938,
extended after the war and is now being further improved with the addition
of final effluent and storm water treatment lagoons and further percolating
filters.
A smaller part of the District drains to the Millers Lane Sewage
Disposal Works where the Council has also decided to make improvements. The
completion of these improvements at both Works is expected to result in a
higher standard of purity in the effluent to be discharged to the River
Roding.
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