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notify the name and address of the outworker. In no instance
was this found to be the case.
Water Supply.—The Borough's water supply is derived
through the mains formerly owned by the Southwark and
Vauxhall and the Lambeth Companies. The water is either
well water from Streatham or river water from the Norwood
or Hampton reservoirs.
Careful testing and examinations are made, and each
month a report is presented to the Water Board on the condition
of the Metropolitan Water Supply by the Water
Examiner (Dr. Houston), appointed under the Metropolis
Water Act.
The last monthly report issued shows that chemical
analysis was made of 63 samples of raw river water, 208
samples of filtered water, and the bacteriological examination
of 62 samples of raw water and 582 samples of filtered water.
Information was received that the water supply has been
withdrawn during the year from 30 houses for the following
reasons:—Two owing to leakages, nine by request, sixteen
owing to arrears of rates, two empty houses, and one fittings
stolen.
House Refuse.—The collection of House Refuse by the
staff of the Surveyor's Department is carried out weekly
throughout the Borough, with the exception of that portion
of the district east of Haydon's Road, where a daily collection
has been made during the past year, whilst in the summer
months the dust was also removed each day from Queen
Alexandra's Mansions and other blocks of flats.
During the year 9,733 loads of house refuse were removed
to the Durnsford Road Works and destroyed by heat in the
refuse destructor.
Slaughter-houses.—The number of registered Slaughterhouses
remains as last year, viz., six. The visits to these have
been, as far as possible, timed to take place whilst the animals
were being slaughtered and dressed for food, this being the
best time for inspection, as the whole of the organs and carcase
can then be examined together. I may mention that the
Officers of your Sanitary Department have made inspections
of such premises outside the prescribed hours of their duty
in order that their visits may coincide with the usual time
that the various licensees of slaughter.houses do their killing.
In a few instances some of the organs of animals were
found affected with parasitical or local affection, and were
at once destroyed.
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