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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.
The supply was withdrawn from ninety-nine houses
during the year, as follows:—fifty-five by request; thirty-nine
owing to arrears of water rates; and five for other reasons.
In all cases the houses were inspected and, where found
to be occupied, notices were served on the occupiers requesting
that the water supply be restored within a reasonable
time. In no case was it necessary to apply to the Magistrates
for an Order to enforce compliance with the Notice.
Rainfall.—The following table gives details of the
monthly rainfall in inches in Wimbledon during 1937,
together with the mean for each month during the period
from 1929 to 1932 inclusive.