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WATER SUPPLY
All the dwellings in the Borough are supplied from the
Metropolitan Water Board's main, and I am indebted to Dr.E.Windle
Taylor, Director of Water Examination, Metropolitan Water Board, for
the following report:
"The source of water is the River Thames which is stored in
the Thames Valley reservoirs at Staines, Littleton and Walton.
After storage the water is filtered and chlorinated at the Board's
works at Hampton, Ashford Common, Hanworth Road and Kempton Park.
Samples of water are collected at all stages of the purification
process at least five times a week and the summary of the analyses
showing the quality of the treated waters from the Hampton and
Ashford Common group of works are set out on page 22.
The supply is not plumbo-solvent and there have been no
important extensions to trunk mains nor changes in the general scheme
of supply to your area during 1963. New mains have been laid in
Twickenham to the extent of 1,422 yards and all these new as well as
repaired mains are disinfected with chlorine before being restored
to supply and samples of water from them are tested to establish
that its quality is up to that normally supplied."
FOOD
Food and Drugs Act, 1955
Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960
The table on page 34 gives details of the work carried out
under these regulations.
It was found necessary to institute legal proceedings in the
following 7 cases.
1. Greengrocer fined £15 with £3.3s.0d. costs for smoking whilst
handling food.
2. Greengrocer fined £50 with £7.7s.0d. costs for smoking whilst
handling food.
3. Baker fined £50. with £10.10s.0d. costs for selling a loaf of
bread with tobacco embedded in it.
4. Delicatessen keeper fined £10 with £7.7s.0d. costs for selling
scotch eggs infested with maggots.
5. Butcher fined £20 with £5.5s.0d. costs for selling a mouldy pie.
6.&7. Due to conflicting evidence the cases brought against two
bakers for selling mouldy bread were dismissed.
Thirty two complaints were received about unsound food purchased
from retailers in the Borough.
A complaint was received from a local resident about smoking by
customers in food shops. There are, of course, no legal powers to
prevent smoking under these circumstances, but many of the more
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