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for attendance at the Dispensary from the Health Visiting
staff, who also carries out the home visiting of patients.
A brief report of the work of the Dispensary appears in a
later part of this Report.
Venereal Diseases Treatment Centres.
Provision for this treatment is under the administration
of the Kent County Council. There is no centre in
the Borough. The close proximity to London, where
there are ample facilities available at the various London
Hospitals, provides an adequate and convenient service for
such cases.
IV.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Rivers and Streams.
The streams and watercourses in the district came
under periodical inspection during the year by the sanitary
inspectors. Two instances of pollution were dealt with by
the Department, but were of such a trivial nature as not
to call for statutory action.
Drainage and Sewerage.
The main drainage of Bromley joins that of the undertaking
of the West Kent Main Sewerage Board, whose
purification works are at Dartford. Sewerage is there
precipitated by gravitation before being discharged into the
River Thames.
The Town's surface water drainage is separate from the
system for foul drainage.
There are 21 cesspools in the unsewered portion of
the Borough, otherwise there is water carriage.
Water.
A piped supply is general throughout the Borough,
and comes from the Metropolitan Water Board's deep chalk
well at Shortlands valley. The supply is sufficient and