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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Water supply.
All the drinking water used in the Borough is supplied by
the Metropolitan Water Board. There are no private wells in
use. All the dwelling houses in the Borough have a piped
supply direct to the houses, and none is supplied by standpipes.
Regular and frequent sampling is carried out by the Metropolitan
Water Board, but examination is only carried out by the
Borough Council after receipt of a complaint, or if there is
any reason to suspect the purity of any particular supply.
One sample of tank water was submitted to bacteriological
examination and found to be unsatisfactory.
The following is an extract from the Annual Report for 1963
of the Metropolitan Water Board, kindly supplied by the
Director of Water Examination
"The water supply was generally satisfactory both in
quantity and quality during the year. No new sources of
supply were instituted by the Board. There were no
important extensions of trunk mains and there were no
changes in the general scheme of supply. New mains were
_laid to the extent of 1,261 yards. The source of water is
derived from the River Thames, stored in the Board1s
reservoirs in the Thames Valley and filtered and chlorinated
at the Ashford Common, Hampton and Kempton Park Works."

Sewerage.
All the houses in Hampstead are connected to the main
drainage system, the sewerage passing eventually to the London
County Council*s main sewers and to the sewage disposal works
outside the Borough. The widening of Finchley Road has