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10
Medical Examination of Council Employees
The total number of medical interviews and examinations
carried out during the year was seventy-eight. These
consisted of thirty-seven for fitness for admission to the
Council's Sick Pay Scheme, fifteen for Superannuation purposes
and twenty-three for aged employees' fitness to continue
working.
Sewerage
The vast majority of premises in the district are drained
to public sewers which in turn discharge to the deep sewers
of the West Middlesex Main Drainage Department, the
sewage being dealt with at the Mogden Works by that
Department.
In connection with the High Street redevelopment now
in progress provision has been made for an additional sewer
and it is anticipated that this will be laid in 1964. This
sewer will be capable of extension to meet the future
requirements of the central area of Feltham.
Water Analysis
The Bedfont and Feltham Wards of the District were
supplied by the South-West Suburban Water Company and
the Hanworth Ward by the Metropolitan Water Board and
the water was derived from the River Thames. The SouthWest
Suburban Water Company treated the water at their
Staines works and 60 raw water and 832 treated water
samples were taken for bacteriological examination. The
latter number includes 12 check samples examined by the
Counties Public Health Laboratories. A report on a typical
sample is given in Table I. Fifty-one of the treated samples
contained coliform bacteria but in the absence of E. coli,
all were considered consistent with a wholesome supply.
The Metropolitan Water Board stored the raw water in
their Thames Valley reservoirs and filtered and chlorinated
it at the Hampton, Ashford Common, Hanworth Road and
Kempton Park Works. Samples of the treated water were
taken at each of the works, 2,715 in all. Details of the
average results obtained are given in Table II.
The water supply was satisfactory both as regards to
quantity and quality and it had no plumbo-solvent action.
All houses in the area were supplied direct from the
water mains.