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SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
1. WATER SUPPLY.
The town's water supply is provided by the Metropolitan Water
Board who successfully maintain constant supervision over the purity
and adequacy of the supply.
Well water is used for industrial purposes at certain factories
and a dairy, but is not used as a domestic supply, all the houses in the
town being provided with a main water supply.
In the case of the dairy, well water is used for cooling
and bottle washing. Regular and frequent samples are taken for examination,
During the year it was necessary to renew the suction pipe of
the pump and the consequent disturbance of the well caused a marked
deterioration in the bacteriological condition of the water. Use of the
water for washing purposes was discontinued for six months until the
samples proved to be consistently satisfactory. In all, forty-six samples
from this source were submitted for examination,
2. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
The sewage from the Borough gravitates to the Corporation Pumping
Station and is then pumped to the North Surrey Joint Sewage Board's
Works for treatment. This is a modern plant recently opened and
successfully provides very effective purification and disposal for the
sewage of Epsom & Ewell, Surbiton, Maiden & Coombe, and Kingston-uponThames
population.
3. RIVERS AND STREAMS.
The River Thames forms the Western Boundary of the Borough and
is under the control of the Thames Conservancy Board. The Hogsmill
River, a tributary of the Thames, flows through the Borough,
A considerable portion of the flow of this river comprises
the effluent from the North Surrey Joint Sewage Board Works.
4. CLOSET ACCOMMODATION.
All closets in connection with dwelling houses in the Borough
are on the water carriage system.