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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supply.
No complaints were received during the year with regard to the
purity of the water supply in Camberwell. Every dwelling house
in the Borough has a service pipe direct from the mains of the
Metropolitan Water Board.
There are seven wells in operation in the Borough but the
water from them is used for industrial purposes and not for
domestic consumption.
Water Certificates.
There were 58 water certificates issued during 1953 under
the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936. These
involved 801 new dwellings.
Drainage and Sewerage.
Applications for approval in respect of the drainage of new
buildings and alterations to the drainage of existing buildings
numbered 107 during 1953. One thousand and eighty yards of
sewers were reconstructed ; 69 brick road gullies were replaced
by pot gullies and 4 defective pot gullies were renewed.
Public Cleansing.
The following information has been kindly furnished by the
Borough Engineer and Surveyor, who is the officer responsible
for this service:—
Amount of house refuse (including sal-
vage and kitchen waste) collected
during the year 42,397 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 and Atmospheric Pollution.
The authorities concerned gave a great deal of attention to
this matter during the year and considerable research was carried
out in connection with the effects of the smoke fog which
occurred during December, 1952. A Government Committee
was set up to investigate the problem of atmospheric pollution
generally and it is anticipated that its report will lead to further
legislation on this subject.