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THE REPORT OF THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
Mr. W. L. LEACH, IS CONTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING
SECTIONS 'C', 'D' and 'E'.
SECTION 'C' — SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
AREA
WATER SUPPLY.
The method of collection, purification and storage of the domestic
water supply for the district is the same as before. Water is derived
from the River Thames, stored in the Barnes reservoirs at Staines,
Littleton and Walton, and filtered and chlorinated at the Hampton
Works.
The water supplied was of satisfactory hygienic quality, and
adequate in quantity, during the year. Samples are collected daily by
the Board's staff at all stages of purification and in the distribution
system. Immediate action is taken in respect of any form of contamination
or variation in quality. The Board's waters are not plumbosolvent.
A length of 217 yards of new service main was laid in the
Borough during the year. All new and repaired mains are chlorinated
before being retored to service. Samples of water from them are tested
bacteriologically to ensure that the quality of the water is up to the
standard normally supplied.
We are indebted to Dr. Windle Taylor, Director of Water
Examination, to the Board, for the foregoing information, and for the
statistics in Table 14.
All the dwelling houses in the Borough are supplied with water
from public mains.
SWIMMING POOLS
There is only one swimming pool of a public nature and that is
the learners' swimming pool at Sheen Mount County Primary School.
Six samples of swimming bath water were taken for bateriological
examination and were all found to be satisfactory.
The filtration plant, which gave some little trouble after its initial
installation, functioned quite satisfactorily.
SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
It is evident that the Board's operations give rise to unpleasant
odours from time to time and complaints may be made by residents in