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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. During the year 27 samples from this source were submitted
for examination; all were reported to be satisfactory.
2. DRAIN AGE 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 Kingstonupon-Thames
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.