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SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supply.
The Borough is supplied with water by the Metropolitan Water
Board. The whole of the population is supplied from the public
water mains direct to each house and the supply has been satisfactory.
In addition to the public supply, there are three deep wells in
the district, two at factory premises, and one at the Public Baths.
Samples of water from these wells have been taken from time to
time and on submission to bacteriological and chemical examinations
have proved satisfactory.
Drainage and Sewerage.
All the dwelling houses are provided with water closets and
are connected to the sewerage system which discharges,, by an
arrangement with the L.C.C., into the London sewers. Stormwater
is filtered and emptied into the Thames
Public Cleansing.
The amount of house refuse collected by the Council in 1949
was 16,527 tons and trade refuse collected amounted to 1,175 tons.
A total weight of 10,463 tons was destroyed by destructor and
7,239 tons was removed to controlled shoots. In addition to the
foregoing, 2,527 tons of Salvage was sold.
Rodent Control.
Treatment of the public sewers by the methods approved by
the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Infestation Control Division,
and the consequent reduction of the rat population in the
sewers, has undoubtly resulted in a lessened surface infestation.
Maintenance treatment of factory and business premises by
arrangements with the occupiers at the Council's approved charges
has also reduced the need for intensive work on large infestations.
More time has been devoted to investigation and treatment necessary
in dwelling houses.