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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 domestic water supply is derived from the River Thames, is
stored in the Board's reservoirs at Staines, Littleton and Walton, and
filtered and chlorinated at the Hampton Works before being passed
into the trunk mains for public supply.
The water is of a splendid quality and adequate in quantity
throughout the year. No new sources of supply were instituted and
there were no substantial alterations to trunk or service mains. The
Board's waters are not plumbo'solvent. Immediate action is taken in
respect of any form of contamination, or variation in quality, should
it be found necessary.
We are indebted to Dr. Windle Taylor, Director of Water
Examination, to the Board, for this information and for the statistical
data in Table 15.
There were no complaints received during the year concerning
the quality of the water supply, but several notices were served
requiring repairs to fittings, flushing cisterns, defective pipes, etc. The
position relating to the urgent repair of defects in the water supply
system is not very satisfactory and though the Metropolitan Water
Board gives notice to the person responsible for the water rate of
defective conditions it appears that the only immediate remedy avail'
able is to cut off the supply, thereby preventing waste. It would
appear that better arrangements are necessary to implement the provisions
of Part XIII of the Third Schedule to the Water Act, 1945
so that urgent repairs can be carried out, in default if necessary, with
the minimum of delay.
SWIMMING POOLS.
All the 7 routine samples of swimming bath water taken from the
learners' pool at Sheen Mount County Primary School proved very
satisfactory.
There are no public swimming pools within the borough.
SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
The considerable task of relaying the sewers in Sheen Lane was
commenced during the year and the main operation completed by the
end of the year. The work of disconnecting the old sections and
picking up branch connections remained to be done. The whole
operation, involving the disturbance of old and defective lengths of
sewer, often exposing open lengths of foul drainage, was carried
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