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under a financial arrangement during the summer months, whereby,
although it is normally reserved for the use of school children, the
general public are admitted at certain times. The charge for admission
is Is. 6d. for adults, 9d. for children, and 3d. for spectators.
It is an indoor swimming bath covered with white glazed tiles.
The water, supplied by the Metropolitan Water Board, is heated,
chlorinated and then filtered continuously, this cycle taking eight hours.
Three visits of inspection were made during the year by the
District Public Health Inspector and three samples of the water taken
for analysis proved to be satisfactory.
Verminous Conditions and Uncleanliness.
No cases of unclean premises were found during the year, but
verminous premises were dealt with by the Department's Disinfector.
Water Supply.
During the year, one property was connected to the main water
supply, having previously been dependent upon stored rainwater.
Of approximately 25,000 dwellings, only 25 are not provided with
a main piped water supply, and of these 19 are situated where a water
main is not available in the roads fronting their premises. These are
in isolated parts of the district and generally dependent upon rainwater
collected from roofs and stored in underground (tanks, but three
premises obtain their source of supply from a private well.
The remaining six premises are not connected to a main water
supply although it is available in the roads on to which they front.
Two of these are a considerable distance from the road, but four
premises are within 80 feet of the Metropolitan Water Board Main.
Fourteen week-end bungalows are not connected to a main water
supply.
The total number of premises still dependent upon stored rainwater
or well supply is made up as follows:—
Ward. Number of premises with
Stored rainwater. Well Supply.
Biggin Hill 11 —
Chelsfield 2 —
Cudham 3 —
Downe 2 —
Farnborough — 3
Green Street Green 3 —
Knockholt 1 —
22 3
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.