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SECTION D
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Water Supply
I am indebted to Dr. E. Windle Taylor, Director of Water Examination,
Metropolitan Water Board for the following report on the water supplied to
the Borough.
The supply to the Borough of Lambeth has been satisfactory both in
quantity and quality during the year 1962. The source of water supply is
mainly river-dirived filtered water with a small admixture of water from
Honor Oak well.
There were no new sources of supply instituted by the Board in the
Borough during the year but new trunk mains were laid in Lambeth to the
extent of 1,086 yards. There were no changes in the general scheme of
supply in the Borough but lengths of small service mains were laid amounting
to 1,215 yards. All new and repaired mains are chlorinated before being
restored to service, and samples of the water from them are tested bacteriologically
to ensure that its quality is up to that normally supplied.