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Wimbledon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
AREA
Water.—The Metropolitan Water Board is responsible
for the water supply of the Borough.
In a great number of houses the drinking water is
obtained from a supply tank on the premises. Attention is
paid to these tanks by the Inspectors during their house-tohouse
visits. The tanks require periodical cleansing, and in
many cases it is found that this is not carried out as
frequently as necessary. Only in a few instances are the
occupiers of houses dependent on an outside water supply,
which in each case is situated in the same curtilage.
Rainfall. -The following table gives details of the monthly rainfall in inches in Wimbledon during
| Year. | Rainfall in Inches. | Total for Year. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr | May | June | Jul) | Aug. | S<pt. | Oct. | Nov . | Dec. | ||
| Mean for four years 1929-1932 inclusive. | 1.73 | 0.74 | 0.87 | 2.21 | 2.85 | 1.12 | 2.14 | 2.90 | 2.11 | 2.44 | 3.33 | 1.94 | 24.37 |
| 1933 | 1.27 | 2.75 | 2.36 | 0.62 | 2.46 | 1.56 | 1.46 | 0.63 | 2.95 | 1.55 | 0.92 | 0.34 | 18.86 |
Drainage and Sewerage.—There has been no large extension
of the sewerage system in Wimbledon during 1933.
Normal extensions have, however, taken place to meet building
development in the Borough.
At the end of 1933, twelve percolating filters were in
operation at the Sewage Disposal Works. Four new ones
are also being constructed and these will come into operation
during 1934. The filters are giving a high degree of purification
to the sewage.
All the houses in Wimbledon are provided with adequate
water closet accommodation, none of the premises being
dependent on closets of the conservancy type.
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