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SECTION G.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES,,
1. WATER SUPPLY.
The town's water supply is provided by the Metropolitan
Water Board who maintain constant supervision over
the purity and adequacy of the supply.
Well water is used for industrial purposes at certain
factories, but is not used as a domestic supply. all the
houses in the town being provided with a main water supplyo
2. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
The position regarding disposal of sewage remains the
same as for 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 Boardo This arrangement
is a temporary one pending completion of the Hogsmill Valley
Joint Sewerage Board's works which is now in course of construction.
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. The chemical and bactericlogical
condition of the stream is very unsatisfactory. This
ia due to lack of natural dilution for the sewage effluent
carried in its flow.
During the year in several instances it was found that
sanitary fittings had been wrongly connected to the surface
water sewer, and it was necessary for alterations to be made
to the drainage systems so that the fittings could properly be
connected to the sewer. These cases emphasize the need for
due notice to be given to the Department of intention to connect
sanitary fittings to drainage systems.
4. CLOSET ACCOMMODATION
All closets in connection with dwelling houses in the
Borough are on the water carriage system.
5. PUBLIC CLEANSING.
The Borough Surveyor is responsible for the collection
and disposal of house and trade refuse. Disposal is still
carried out by tipping into a worked out gravel pit provided
by the haulage contractor.
The new loading bay has now been operating since 1st
April, 1955, and the refuse from this Borough, Surbiton and
Maiden is transferred to large capacity road vehicles and
transported to the tip by the contractor. The refuse is now