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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Water Supply.
There were, as far as is known, at the end of the year 42
private wells from which the water was used for domestic purposes.
In nine other cases there are wells, but an alternative supply
from the main exists for domestic purposes.
In 43 instances draw-taps were placed on the main to th'
house, in compliance with notice from the Public Health Department,
in lieu of a supply drawn from an inaccessible and uncovered
cistern.
There seems to be some definite deficiency in the arrangementfor
water supply in a growing district such as this, particularly in
the Western area. The Metropolitan Water Board's mains run
along the Staines Iioad, and along the Bath Road. Houses are
being built in the intervening area which have no water supply other
than surface wells, owing to the large expense necessary to meet
the demands of the Water Board for bringing the supply to this
part of the district. There is further a very serious obstacle in
the development of new areas in that the Water Board demand the
total sum to be guaranteed before putting in a water supply to a
house which may only be the first of many, and it would appear
that some legislation is necessary to deal with the supply of wif-r
to developing districts, from a Public Health point of view. It is
quite unfair to saddle the cost of the first installation to developu:g
areas on to the first residents. This is really a Public Health
matter and should be looked at as such, and not merely as the convenience
of a water supply to an individual.
Drainage and Sewerage.
The sewerage of almost the whole district is arranged on the
"separate" system.
The following extensions to the sewerage system have beer,
carried out during 1925:—