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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Report of the Chief Public Health Inspector
1. WATER SUPPLY.
Dr. E. Windle Taylor, the Director of the Water Examination
Department of the Metropolitan Water Board, has kindly supplied the
following information regarding the water supply for the district:-
“1. (a) The supply was satisfactory both as to (i) quality,
and (ii) quantity throughout 1969.
(b) All new and repaired mains are disinfected with
chlorine; after a predetermined period of contact
the pipes are flushed out and refilled; samples of
water are then collected from these treated mains;
and the mains are returned to service only after
results are found to be satisfactory.
The quality control from these laboratories is
carried out by means of daily sampling from sourcea
of supply, from the treatment works or well stations,
from the distribution system, and through to the
consumer. Any sign of contamination or any other
abnormality is immediately investigated.
(c) (i) The Board has no record of the number of
structurally separate dwellings supplied in your
area, but the population supplied direct according
to the Registrar-General’s estimates at 30th June,
1969 was 56,030.
(ii) No houses were permanently supplied by standpipe.
(d) No artificial fluoride was added, and where the
fluoride content is indicated in the analyses it
represents the naturally occurring fluoride in the
water.
2. (a) The supply was derived from the following works and
pumping stations-
Lee Bridge works and between May and September from
Coppermills works. Well water from Chingford Mill,
Ferry Lane and Waltham Abbey pumping stations.
No new sources of supply were instituted and there
were no changes to the general scheme of supply In
your area.
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