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residential and business premises. It was decided that, as the cost
of the administrative work involved in the preparation of Contracts
and the recovery of monies was out of proportion to the small amount
of income derived from the work carried out at residential premises,
such residential charge should be discontinued.
KEEPING THE BOROUGH CLEAN
I am obliged to A. S„Knolles, Esq. ,B.Sc. ,M. Inst. C.E., M. I. Mun. E.,
Chartered C.E., the Borough Engineer and Surveyor for the following
report of Drainage and Sewerage and Refuse Disposal.
Drainage and Sewerage
Schemes are being prepared for modernising the ejector pumping
stations in the Hampton Hill area to deal with the increased volume
of sewerage due to the development of the area and to replace the
existing worn out equipment. Concurrently, improvements to the
pumping station at Bell Hill, Hampton, will be put in hand.
Expenditure for these works has been authorised.
Refuse Disposal
Operation of the Charlton Plant continues satisfactorily except
that salvage prices generally have shown a tendency to fall.
Alterations to the reception hoppers are in hand to give added
storage capacity for the refuse and water sprays in the dustcatchers
are to be installed to reduce the emission of grit from the chimney.
The construction of a plant for composting refuse is under
consideration*
WATER SUPPLY
All the dwellings in the Borough are supplied from the Metropolitan
Water Board" s main,, and I am indebted to Dr. E.Windle Taylor, M.A.,
M.D., D. P. H. M.R.C.S. .L.R.C.P. Director of Water Examination,
Metropolitan Water Board, for the following report:
The source of water is the River Thames and it is stored in the
Thames Valley reservoirs at Staines, Littleton and Walton. After
storage the water is treated at the filtration works at Hampton,
Ashford Common., Hanworth Road and Kempton Park. Samples of water
are collected at all stages of the purification process at least
five times a week and the summary of the analyses of the finished
waters are set out on page,
The supply is not plumbo-solvent and there have been no
important extensions to trunk mains nor changes in the general
scheme of supply to your area during 1961. New mains have been
laid in Twickenham to the extent of 1,124 yards and all these new
as well as repaired mains are disinfected with chlorine before being
restored to supply and samples of water from them are tested to
establish that its quality is up to that normally supplied,
INDUSTRIAL HEALTH
Factories
All factory premises are inspected periodically to see that
proper sanitary accommodation is provided and where mechanical
power is not used to see that they are kept clean, are not overcrowded,
are properly ventilated and that floors are adequately
drained.
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