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WATER SUPPLY.
The greater portion of the District is supplied by the mains
of the Metropolitan Water Board. In some outlying- portions,
however, water is obtained from deep wells or from rain water
collected from the roofs of the houses and stored in tanks.
During1 the year new mains have been laid to various new
estates.
Four samples of the water from the piped supply are taken
each month for bacteriological examination, and each report
shewed that B.Coli was absent in 100 c.c., and that the water
was of good quality.
A detailed survey of the premises in the Biggin Hill area
which depend upon rain water for their supply, was completed
at the end of the year with a view to the improvement in the
conditions.
PUBLIC CLEANSING.
A collection of house refuse is carried out in the whole of
the District by direct labour, the greater part of the area having
a weekly collection.
The refuse is disposed of on the Bradford system.
The Council do not undertake the disposal of the contents
of earth closets, or the collection of trade refuse.
A special cesspool emptying tank is available for emptying
cesspools, the contents of which are deposited on agricultural
land.