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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 14 other cases there are wells, but an alternative supply from the
main exists for domestic purposes.
In 77 instances draw-taps were placed on the main to the
house, in compliance with notice from the Public Health Department,
in lieu of a supply drawn from an inaccesible and improperly
or uncovered cistern.
Drainage and Sewerage.
The sewerage of almost the whole district is arranged on the
"separate" system.
The following extensions to the sewerage system have been
carried out during 1929:—
(а) Foul Sewer 29,380 feet.
(б) Surface Water Sewer 34,850 feet.
Closet Accommodation.
Accommodation on the water carriage system is almost general
throughout the district, 99 per cent, of the houses having water
closets.
Scavenging.
This is carried out by the Local Authority and is under the
control of the Surveyor.
During 1929 collection of house refuse has continued weekly
as before, and was disposed of by moans of a dump in the Staines
Road.
The method of disposal is that each day's tipping is completely
covered with earth.