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Drainage and Sewerage.
The main drainage of Bromley links up with the
undertaking of the West Kent Sewerage Board, whose
purification works are at Dartford. Sewerage is there
precipitated by gravitation before being discharged into
the River Thames. The surface water drainage of the
Borough is separate from the system for foul drainage.
There are 22 cesspools in the unsewered portion of the
Borough, otherwise there is water carriage. No houses
have been erected during 10.32 with cesspool drainage.
Water.
A piped supply is general throughout the Borough,
and comes mainly from the Metropolitan Water Board's
deep chalk well at Shortlands Valley. The supply is
sufficient, very hard, but of high grade purity, and is
accepted as a standard of purity for deep well water.
For particulars of reservoirs within the district reference
may be made to page 35 of my Annual Report for 1930.
Scavenging.
There is no important extension or improvement
during 1932 to report of the methods of scavenging or
refuse disposal within the Borough.
Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1919.
The arrangements made by the Health Department
in connection with National Rat Week from 7th to 12th
November, 1932, again followed those carried out in
previous years.
A gassing machine and operator were available, free
supplies of Red Squill products were procurable on application
to the Health Department, and baiting of sewers
was carried out. The co-operation of the local chemists
was again sought, and several firms made special displays
of poisons, and posters and leaflets were supplied to
them.
The general public in Bromley appeared to take but
little interest in the propaganda of National Rat Week.
as only 16 applications for free poisons were received
during the campaign.