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Section ii.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
(1) WATER SUPPLY.
The water supply of all the houses in the district is from the
Metropolitan Water Board's waterworks; the supply is constant and
through storage cisterns. No case of water-borne disease has arisen.
The supply is ample and of satisfactory quality.
The results of the periodical chemical and bacteriological examinations
of the Board's supply are available in the Metropolitan Water
Board's Annual Report which is supplied to the Council. It has been
the practice for me to bring to the notice of the Metropolitan Water
Board the occurrence of notified cases of enteric fever, or other waterborne
diseases, where it appears that the source of the disease may have
been from drinking water. Special samples of water are taken in the
district for examination whenever there is occasion to do so;
during 1939 no such occasion arose.
(2) RIVER AND STREAM POLLUTION.
No instance of pollution of rivers or streams by effluents, solid
refuse or filth has come to my notice during 1939.
(3) DRAINAGE, SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
The water-carriage system of sewage disposal is used throughout
the Borough; there is now no privy or earth-closet in use in the
area.
Drainage.
The defects discovered by the Sanitary Inspectors in connection
with the drainage of dwelling-houses and other premises, and
defective conditions remedied, will be found on reference to
Table 2.
Closet Accommodation.
All the water-closets except 6 are connected to the main
sewerage system.
The six water-closets which drain into cess-pools are situated
in low-lying positions where connection to a sewer is impossible.
The cleansing of these cess-pools is undertaken by the owners of the
premises, and has been carried out in accordance with the Council's
Bye-laws.