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Drainage and Sewerage.
The whole of the town is on the water-carriage system. The
sewage is conveyed to and treated at two separate installations—the
Beddington Sewage Works and Irrigation Farm situated just
beyond the western boundary of the town and the Norwood
Sewage Works and Irrigation Farm situated in the middle of the
eastern boundary of the town. The treatment is effected in tanks
followed by filtration through sprinkler beds and then by land
irrigation.
Closet Accommodation.
The closet accommodation consists throughout of water-closets
with the exception of 15 earth closets. In each of the latter
instances there is adequate reason for their existence.
Scavenging.
The use of covered metal ashbins is general throughout the
town. Domestic refuse is removed once weekly. The refuse is
disposed of principally at the Corporation Destructor and at a large
shoot on the Norwood Sewage Farm. Many complaints have in
recent years been received of nuisance arising from this deposit,
and the Corporation are proceding to provide another destructor to
deal with this section of the refuse.
Sanitary Inspection of the District.
The general inspection of the district had to be largely
lessened during the war owing to shortage of staff, especially the
routine house-to-house inspection. During 1919 the staff of
inspectors was restored to its pre-war size and the normal activities
resumed. The accumulation of work, however, resulting from the
war conditions is such that it will take a considerable time before
current work can cover all demands. Difficulties of labour and in
the obtaining of material also hamper owners, but the progress
made is generally satisfactory.
The details of this section of the department's work are given
on pages 86.
HOUSING.
The following details are extracted from the returns prepared
during the year shewing the present position of housing in Croydon
and the Corporation's schemes for the erection of new houses.