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The remaining 8 premises are not connected to a main water supply
although it is available in the roads on to which they front. Some
of these are a considerable distance from the road, but five premises
are within 80 feet of the Metropolitan Water Board main.
Fourteen week-end bungalows are not connected to a main water
supply.

The Metropolitan Water Board supplies the mains water for the
whole of the district.
The Public Health Department obtains samples of this water at
monthly intervals from various dwelling houses throughout the district.
Fifty samples were taken and the Analyst's reports show that they were
all satisfactory.
The Director of Water Examination, Metropolitan Water Board,
has kindly reported on the water supply to the Urban District during
the year 1961: —
"The supply to the district of Orpington during 1961 was derived
from the following wells, namely Eynsford, Horton Kirby, Lullingstone,
North Orpington, Orpington and Sundridge.
A total length of 9,294 yards of supply mains were laid in the
Orpington area in 1961.
None of the water is plumbo-solvent and there have been no
specific instances of contamination in this area during 1961.
The following tables give the results of the chemical and bacteriological
analyses of the various supplies to Orpington during 1961,
including bacteriological quality of the well water before treatment."