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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF
THE AREA.
Water Supply.
The Metropolitan Water Board is responsible for providing
the Borough with a safe and sufficient water supply and no complaints
were received with regard to this service.
Drainage and Sewerage.
The total reconstruction of the drains of 94 premises and the
partial reconstruction of drains of 428 premises were carried out
under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors.
Owing to the building development which has taken place in
recent years in the Peckham Rye area of the Borough, the Council
decided at the end of 1932 to construct a relief sewer on the east
side of Peckham Rye Common to take the considerable amount of
new drainage discharging into the existing sewer.
This work was put in hand without delay in order to relieve
unemployment in the district, and was executed by direct labour
under the supervision of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor. A
similar relief sewer was also authorised to be laid on the west side
of Peckham Rye Common, the work in connection with both
schemes being completed in September of the year under review.
Closet Accommodation.
The water carriage system is general throughout the Borough
except in certain outlying parts of Camberwell, where the distant
situation of the public sewer renders it difficult to arrange for this
method of disposal.
Public Cleansing.
This service is under the control of the Borough Engineer and
Surveyor of this Council, and this Officer has provided the following
information relating to refuse collection and refuse disposal:—
(a) The method of collecting house refuse by horse-drawn vehicles was changed
during the year, and collection now takes place by a fleet of end-loading, mechanical
tipping refuse vehicles.
(b) The method of disposal of house refuse is (i) by loading into barges on the
Grand Surrey Canal; and (ii) by loading into railway trucks at Bricklayers' Arms
Siding.
Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
A summary of the inspections carried out by the sanitary
inspectors will be found on pages 36-39 of this Report.
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