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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Section C.
1. (i) Wator.
The water supply of the town is furnished by the
Metropolitan Water Board, and has been satisfactory in
quality and quantity. Bacteriological and chemical
examination of the piped supply are carried out by the
Bpard, and it was not found necessary to refer to the
Board during 1944 in regard to any specific complaint.
Comparatively few shallow wells remain in the town
there being only 19 premises known to be supplied with well
water at the end of 1944.
(ii) Drainage and Sewerage.
There were no main drainage works undertaken during
the year.
2. RIVERS AND STREAMS.
The effluent from the Corporation Sewage Works is
discharged into the Thames, and every endeavour has been
made to maintain a standard of purification satisfactory
to the Thames Conservancy Board, which is the body responsible
for checking pollution of the Thames and its
tributaries.
The Hogsmill River is one such tributary. It flows
through the Southern part of the Borough and jgins the Thames
at a point a short distance above Kingston Bridge. The
Hogsmill River receives sewage effluents from Maiden and
Epsom and Ewell, at points before reaching the Borough
boundary. A scheme for widening the Hogsmill River was
prepared by the Surrey County Council prior to the outbreak
of war when the plans were suspended.
3. (i) CLOSET ACCOMODATION.
The closets in the Borough are on the water carriage
system.
(ii) PUBLIC CLEAFSINC.
The removal and disposal of house refuse is the responsibility
of the Borough Surveyor, who states that the
refuse, after salvage has been extracted, is disposed of
partly by burning and partly by tipping, the percentage being
approximately 40 and 6o respectively. Some 100 tons of
salvage material are extracted each month including waste
food for pig feeding which in pre-war years was deposited
in the ashbins.