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6
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
Water Supply
The water supply to every dwelling house in the
Brouht is provided direct from the mains of the Metro polition
Water Board, and at no time during the ye ar was
it found to be unsatisfactory either in quality
quantity.
Drainage and Sewerage
Applications for approval in respect of the drainage
of new buildings or the reconstruction of existing
numbered 210 during the year. These works were c arried
out under the supervision of the Council's Public Health
Inspectors.
The programme of sewer reconstruction, which is under
the control of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor,
proceeded with the relaying of 3,477 lineal f eet of
sewers during the year.
Vacant Sites
Nuisances arising from the 'dumping' of refuse on
vacant sites continued to present considerable P r oblams.
Although the Borough Engineer and Surveyor arrang ed for
the prompt removal of offensive material from these sites
on a number of occasions at the request of the M edical
Officer of Health, deposits of refuse of all kinds rapidly
accumulated again on many of them. Despite the vigilance
of the Council's Officers it was not possible to di scover
the identity of any of the persons responsible.
Nuisances from Noise
There were several complaints during the year of a
nuisance of noise from industrial premises. In every case
representations were made to the management who p r oved to
be most co-operative, and undertook all reasonable staps
to reduce noise to a minimum.
It is inevitable that where factories are situated in
close proximity to dwelling houses complaint will
continue to be received from time to time. The full
solution to this problem is linked with wise town Planning
for tomorrow. In the meanwhile, the present pol icy of