[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighton County Borough.

  • Brighton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ! Colony counts on Agar at 22° and 37°C. were, in general, low. Xo complete chemical analyses were made of the raw water during the year. Since all the waters are obtained from the chalk, there is little likelihood of any plumbo-solvent action on the part of the water, and no evidence of such action has been seen. Under the special powers relating to Brighton water supplies, chlorina- tion of all the water is not normally practised, although apparatus for so doinj? is installed at all Pumping Stations. In the event, however of evidence of bacterial pollution being brought to light, chlorination of the at the Pumping Station affected is immediately carried out and, m addition a survey of the catchment area is made in an effort to locate the cause oi the contamination. The particulars of the number of dwelling-houses and the nunaber of the population supplied from public water mains {a) direct to the houses, and (h) by means of standpipes, are given below : Supply (a) Direct (b) Standpipe Population Brighton County Borough 41,150 Nil 154,800 Hove Borough 18,906 f y 68,170 Portslade U.DU. 4,025 > 13,000 Southwick XJ.D.C. 3,405 y 11,000 Shoreham-by-Sea U.D.C. 3,789 y 12,000 Lancing (Worthing U.D.C.) 4,106 f y 12,672 Telscombe a 576 y y 2,016 Falmer > Chailey R.D.C. 23 26 135 Stanmer * 20 Nil 80 Totals 76,000 26 273,873