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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
AREA.
Water Supply.
Every dwelling house in the Borough is provided with a
domestic water supply from the Metropolitan Water Board
mains. In addition, there are seven wells in operation in the
Borough, but the water from them is used solely for industrial
purposes.
Ninety Water Certificates, involving 486 new dwellings,
were issued under the provisions of the Public Health (London),
Act, 1936.
Drainage and Sewerage.
One hundred and sixty plans of drainage relating to existing
and new buildings were examined and approved. Six hundred
and twelve yards of sewers were reconstructed during 1949; 49
brick road gullies were replaced by pot gullies, 13 defective pot
gullies were renewed and 3 new pot gullies installed.
Public Cleansing.
This service is under the control of the Borough Engineer
and Surveyor, who has kindly furnished the following information:-
Amount of house refuse
(including salvage and
kitchen waste) collected
during the year 42,941 tons.
Method of disposal Removed by barges from Honduras
Wharf, Bankside, to a controlled
tip.
Frequency of collection Weekly from dwelling houses and
twice weekly from blocks of flats
and tenements.
Smoke Abatement.
Twenty-one complaints were received in respect of smoke
nuisances and 91 observations were kept by the district sanitary
inspectors. On 11 occasions, it was necessary to serve notices
and in every instance, with one exception, the nuisance was
abated or reduced by the inspector making a personal call and
offering advice. In this exception, the nuisance was caused by
a firm burning sawdust and wood shavings in a defective incinerator.
It became necessary to institute legal proceedings and the
offender was fined and ordered by the Magistrate to abate the
nuisance.