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0.78 inches compared with the previous year. The monthly totals
throughout the year were as follows:—
inches.
January 3.37
February 1.90
March 1.42
April 0.41
May 4.68
June 2.57
July 1.42
August 1.44
September 2.65
October 4.64
November 1.32
December 2.94
DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
A total of 2,035 yards of new sewers was constructed during
the year mainly to cope with development by the Council and
private builders. Included in the total is the provision of a new
sewer of approximately 973 yards in Old Farleigh Road and
Beech Way, Selsdon, which provides main drainage for 18 existing
houses and is the first stage of a scheme propounded in 1937
for the extension of the sewer towards Farleigh.
The cause of the periodical nuisance and dislocation produced
by flooding at Purley Fountain has not yet been dealt with satisfactorily,
and a particularly severe incident occurred after a
thunderstorm in July. A number of premises, including 15 food
shops and a public house, were affected and considerable quantities
of foodstuffs were rendered unfit for human consumption. Happily
there are signs that a solution to this long standing problem is
becoming more probable.
CLOSET ACCOMMODATION.
During the year, 21 houses and a block of offices were connected
to the sewer, and 21 cesspools abolished.
It has been the Council's long standing policy to eliminate
cesspool drainage in the District wherever possible, and since 1950,
when this policy was resumed after the war, 93 houses and 7
other premises, including a large private school, have been connected
to the public sewer and no less than 92 cesspools and 6
pail closets have been abolished.
At the end of the year the following pail closets and cesspools
remained in use:—
Premises with pail closets 11
Number of cesspools 117
The contents of pail closets at private premises are disposed
of in the gardens by the occupiers of the houses.
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