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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
AREA.
Water Supply.
A domestic water supply is provided for every house in
the Borough by the Metropolitan Water Board. No complaint
was received during the year of the condition of this water
supply. There are also seven wells in operation in the Borough,
but the water drawn from them is used solely for industrial
purposes.
In accordance with the provisions of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1936, twenty Water Certificates involving 187
dwellings were issued.
During the year notifications were received from the
Metropolitan Water Board that the water supply of 125 occupied
houses had been withdrawn. Action was taken under the
provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, for the
reinstatement of the water supply to these homes.
Swimming Bath Water.
The water in the Council's swimming baths is filtered,
aerated and chemically treated. Samples of water are taken
periodically from the Dulwich and Camberwell Baths for
bacteriological and chemical examination. During 1948 sixteen
such samples were submitted for analysis and all were reported
to be satisfactory.
Drainage and Sewerage.
One hundred and twenty-nine plans of drainage work to
existing and new buildings were submitted and approved.
Under the Council's programme, sewers totalling 873 yards
in length were reconstructed during 1948. Whilst this work was
in progress the frontage drains of the houses connected to these
sewers were examined and if found to be defective, the necessary
work of repair was carried out simultaneously with the relaying
of the sewers.
Twenty-eight brick road gullies were replaced by pot gullies
and ten defective gullies were renewed during the year. No
new road gullies were provided.