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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Section C.
1. WATER SUPPLY.
The town's water supply is provided by the Metropolitan
Water Board who maintain constant supervision over the
purity of the supply.
At the end of 1950 there was only one house in the
Borough known to be dependent upon a well for the supply of
water for domestic purposes. During the year unsatisfactory
bacteriological and chemical samples were obtained from this
well supply, and at the end of the year, negotiations were
taking place with the owner/occupier for the provision of a
supply from the Water Board's mains.
(Note - Since the end of the year your Committee very kindly
gave special attention to this case which presented special
difficulties. As the result, your Corporation decided to
provide the house with a supply of water from the Board's
mains.)
Well water is used for industrial purposes at certain
factories in the town.
2. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
I am informed by the Borough Surveyor that the position
regarding disposal of sewage remains as last year, namely,
that the sewage from the Borough is pumped across the river
into a sewer in the Teddington area, for treatment at the
Mogden Disposal Works of the West Middlesex Main Drainage
Board. This arrangement is, of course, a temporary one
pending completion of the Hogsmill Valley Joint Sewerage
Board's scheme for the construction of new sewage disposal
works.
3. RIVERS AND STREAMS.
The River Thames forms the Western boundary of the
Borough and this river is under the control of the Thames
Conservancy Board. The Hogsmill River, a tributary of the
Thames, flows through the Borough. A section of the improvement
scheme prepared by the Surrey County Council for
straightening the line of the Hogsmill was completed during
the year.
Motor launches and houseboats on the Thames continued to
provide living accommodation for many families. It does not
seem likely that there will be any decrease in the numbers
of folk making use of this kind of dwelling until more houses
become available. Even so, life on river craft will always
prove attractive to some people, and continued use of the
limited mooring accommodation may be expected.
4. CLOSET ACCOMMODATION.
All closets in connection with dwelling houses in the
Borough are on the water carriage system.