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Croydon 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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WATER SUPPLY
The London Borough is served by four statutory supply authorities, as undermentioned: -
| Supply Authority | Square Miles. | Estimated Population. |
|---|---|---|
| Croydon Corporation (Central and northern part of the Borough) | 17.0 | 222,350 |
| Metropolitan Water Board (Spring Park Estate and New Addington) | 2.8 | 34,600 |
| East Surrey Water Company (Sanderstead, Selsdon, Kenley, Purley and Coulsdon West) | 15.5 | 56,450 |
| Sutton District Water Company (Woodcote and Coulsdon East) | 1.9 | 13,800 |
| 37.2 | 327,200 |
The waters in supply are of good organic quality and moderately hard
in character. They have no plumbo-solvent characteristics and the fluoride
content averages about one-sixth of a part per million. All houses are supplied
from mains and there are no standpipes for this purpose. In the Croydon
undertaking's area, 810 samples of raw water and 1,411 samples of water
going into supply were tested bacteriologically. For results of consumer
samples of water sent by the health department to the Public Health
Laboratory Service see Appendix page 128.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
I am indebted to the Borough Engineer, Mr. H.M. Collins, for the following
information:-
"Construction of the new sewage treatment works at Beddington has
continued throughout the year and civil engineering work is now about 40%
complete. A further four machinery contracts, together with a building contract,
have been let during the year and these, together with 11 contracts
previously let will, when completed late in 1969, enable the old works to be
closed down and irrigation of settled sewage over the land to cease."