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SECTION C
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
1. (i) Water.
The water supply for almost the whole district is
derived from the Metropolitan Water Board. There
are a few houses where the supply is obtained from
wells.
The supply to the area has been satisfactory
both in quantity and quality.
Most of the houses in the district have a piped
water supply and it has not been found necessary to
take samples for bacteriological examination, to test
plumbo-solvency or contamination.
Houses supplied by piped main supply 10,375
Houses supplied from standpipes Nil
Houses supplied from wells 5
3 samples of well water were submitted during
the year for bacteriological and chemical examination.
Sample No. 1. Unsatisfactory. The use of the well
has been discontinued as mains supply now available.
Sample No. 2. Satisfactory.
Sample No. 3. Unsatisfactory. This water has now
to be either chlorinated or boiled before use. Main
water supply will be available in the near future.
(ii) Drainage and Sewerage.
The sewage disposal plant at Luxborough has
worked efficiently and has given a satisfactory effluent
although the effects of increased flow due to rapid
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