View report page

13
THE REPORT OF THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
Mr. W. L. LEACH, IS CONTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING
SECTIONS 'C, 'D' and 'E'.
SECTION 'C' —SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
AREA
WATER SUPPLY.
The domestic water supply is derived from the River Thames, is
stored in the Board's reservoirs at Staines, Littleton and Walton, and
filtered and chlorinated at the Hampton Works before being passed
into the trunk mains for public supply.
The water is of a splendid quality and adequate in quantity
throughout the year. No new sources of supply were instituted and
there were no substantial alterations to trunk or service mains. The
Board's waters are not plumbo-solvent. Immediate action is taken in
respect of any form of contamination, or variation in quality should
it be found necessary.
We are indebted to Dr. Windle Taylor, Director of Water
Examination, to the Board, for this information and for the statistical
data in Table 14.
As far as is known, every dwelling has a piped water supply from
the public mains. Not every household has the exclusive use of a
piped water supply from a tap inside the dwelling, and taken direct
from the mains, which is most desirable for drinking water. Many
households occupying sub-let portions of houses, have to take water
from taps in bathrooms etc. where the supply is fed from a storage
cistern. These storage cisterns are seldom checked by the occupiers
and are quite often found to be in need of cleansing and covering.
SWIMMING POOLS
All the 8 routine samples of swimming bath water taken from the
learners' pool at Sheen Mount County Primary School proved
satisfactory.
There are no public swimming pools within the borough.
SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Special investigations were carried out by the Borough Engineer
and Surveyor into the condition of certain main sewers. In particular
the Sheen Lane sewer was found to be in seriously defective condition
and inadequate for present day needs. The task of relaying this sewer
will present many problems and cause serious dislocation but it is
something which must be undertaken before worse trouble develops.
At the time of writing a good start has been made and work is
proceeding satisfactorily.