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Total local rainfall, 25.36 inches.
Total Greenwich rainfall, 23.03 inches.
Observations extending over many years show that our
mean annual rainfall is nearly two inches more than that
of Greenwich.
WATER SUPPLY.
The quarterly reports of the bacteriological examination
of the water were quite satisfactory.
The water supplied to the Borough is the purest of any
under the Metropolitan Water Board, and is taken as the
standard with which the supplies of all the other districts
under the Board's control are compared.
The Board has lately appointed a director of water examinations
who proposes to issue monthly reports of the
analysis and bacteriological tests of the water supply of the
metropolis.
Although quite satisfied as to the purity, we have much
to complain of in the hardness of the water. I often receive
enquiries from those who are considering Bromley with a
view to residence, and am frequently asked as to the
character of the water. With many, the hard water is considered
a great objection, and I have no doubt that as a
residential suburb Bromley suffers on this account.
If it is possible for the Council to do anything in the
matter by petition or otherwise to the Metropolitan Water
Board, I trust they will do so without delay.