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The total number in the categories is, of course, fur
greater than the actual number of premises, as at several of
them two or more of the above trades are carried on. Inspections
of these premises during the year totalled 1639. Details
of offences and action taken are included in the Chief Sanitary
Inspector's report on page 33.
Registrations under Section 89 of the Merton and Morden
Urban District Council Act, 1936, at the end of the year
were as follows:—
Ice Cream Manufactureres 1
Ice Cream Dealers 124
Ice Cream Vendors (Itinerant) 16
Preserved Food Manufacturers 33
Water Supply The district is supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board and by the Sutton District Water
Company, their respective distributive areas being approximately
the parishes of Merton and Morden.
The supply of the Metropolitan Water Board is only
sampled infrequently as a routine, otherwise samples are taken
when circumstances indicate the necessity for local investigation.
The Board supplies copies of their official minutes in which the
results of the examinations are recorded.
Routine examinations of the Sutton District Water
Company's supply are undertaken by the Authorities in the
supply area upon an agreed rota, which provides for
bacteriological and chemical samples each month. The Company,
in addition to the examinations undertaken by their own
full-time Chemist, arrange for Consulting Chemists to undertake
monthly examinations. Copies of the reports of these
Consulting Chemists are received by local Medical Officers of
Health whilst the records of the Company's own analyses are
available for inspection by the Medical Officers.
Seven samples of water from domestic taps were submitted
for chemical or bacteriological examination. The reports on
each sample were satisfactory.
Arrangements are also made to take periodic samples
from the drinking fountains in the Council's parks and open
spaces. Samples were taken from five different fountains for
chemical and bacteriological examination and all proved to be
satisfactory. Three of these fountains are on the Metropolitan
Water Board supply and the other two draw their supply
from the Sutton District Water Co. mains.
There are four deep wells in the district, the supplies
from which are used mainly for industrial purposes. They are
drawn from beneath the London clay. The boreholes vary
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