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3. The Maternity and Nursing Home at 9/11, Minerva
Road. Eight beds. Kept by Mrs. Burns, was
voluntarily closed in July.
Under the Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927,
powers of inspection (but not of registration) are delegated
by the Surrey County Council to the Corporation.
Under this arrangement the above Maternity and
Nursing Homes have been visited by me from time to time
during the year.
SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
(i) Water.
The Water Supply of the town is furnished by the
Metropolitan Water Board.
There are still some shallow wells, and the policy is
to advise owners to have their property connected to the
Main Supply of the Metropolitan Water Board.
The use of well water was discontinued at one house
during the year.
The number of premises known to be supplied with
water from wells at the end of 1932 was 49, which compares
with 271 in 1919.
A position has now been reached when difficulty is
experienced in persuading the comparatively few remaining
owners to close their wells, in cases where the Analyst
reports that the samples are usable drinking waters.
The occupiers point out that they have used the supply
for many years, and usually state that it is a " beautiful
water."
Further, they are not particularly impressed when told
that shallow wells are liable to pollution and therefore are
a potential source of danger.
Under these circumstances the closure of the remaining
shallow wells will necessarily be a slow process.
Samples were chemically examined by Mr, P. G. Lloyd
during the year.