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No charge is made for the treatment of private dwellings but accounts are
rendered in all cases where business premises are treated.
One sewer treatment, using Pluorakil, was carried out during the year,
during which 1,498 manholes were baited.
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951
There are fifteen licensed pet shops, including stalls in open markets,
in the Borough to which twenty visits were made; no infringement of the
conditions in the annual licences granted by the Council was discovered.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
No new premises were registered for the use of filling materials, but an
annual licence to store rag flock was renewed in respect of six premises.
Premises registered for the use of and using filling materials 37
Premises licensed for storage of rag flock 6
Samples of filling materials taken for analysis 8
MASSAGE AND SPECIAL TREATMENT
By the provisions of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1920
as continued by the London Government Act, 1963 as from the 1st April, 1965,
the Borough assumed responsibility for the licensing of establishments carrying
out massage and special treatments previously the duty of the former London
County Council.
At the 31st December, 1965, there were 16 establishments on the register.
WATER SUPPLY
It is the duty of the local authority to take steps as necessary for
ascertaining the sufficiency and wholesomeness of water supplies within its
district. The Metropolitan Water Board is responsible for supplying water to
the area and their Director of Water Examination has kindly supplied information
concerning the water supply in the new borough.
During the year, he states that the water supply has been satisfactory
both in quality and quantity.
The water supplied to Hackney is derived from the River Lee, New River and
River Thames. The Lee water is pumped into the supply at Lee Bridge Works.
The New River water is pumped direct into the supply from the Stoke Newington
Works (Green Lanes) under the head of Crouch Hill service Reservoir, while the
Thames water reaches this district via works at Battersea and New River Head
(Clerkenwell).
Some New River water is also pumped to Maiden Lane Service Reservoir
(Dartmouth Park Hill) which also receives Thames water via works at Cricklewood.
Water from the River Lee is stored in one or other of the large storage
reservoirs in the Lee Valley then filtered and chemically treated at Lee Bridge
works and pumped direct into supply. The New River, constructed 1609/13, is
now fed from the River Lee, from Chadwell Spring (when flowing) and from a