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10. Bye-laws tinder Good Rule and Government of the Borough.
11. Ditto as to Female Domestic Servants' Registries.
12. 3ye-laws with respect to occupation of basement sleeping
rooms, Section 17 (7) H. & T.P. Act. 1909.
13. Bye-laws as to Fish Frying, 1920.
14. Bye-laws as to Tents, Vans, Sheds, &c., 1920.
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area.
Water.
The Borough receives its water from two sources (1) From
Wells situated in the area and '2) From the Metropolitan Water
Board. The local wells are of two kinds (1) a deep well in the
chalk and (2) two wells near the river. One of these latter has
only recently been sunk, and has added 150,000 gallons of water
per day to the supply.
The water from the latter wells is chlorinated by an automatic
process and on analysis (which is done very regularly) the results
show a practically sterile water, and one which the analysts declare
to be excellent as a public supply.
Drainage and Sewerage.
Practically all houses in the Borough are drained into the
sewers. The construction of drains for new buildings is supervised
by the Borough Surveyor and his staff, after plans for the erection
of the new buildings have been approved by the Highways Committee
and the Council.
The reconstruction or repair of drains is supervised by the
Public Health Department, and details of the house drainage work
supervised by the Sanitary Inspector will be found below.
Sewerage.
The Richmond Main Sewerage Board formed in 1887, of which
the constituent Authorities are the Richmond Corporation and the
Barnes Urban District Council, deals with the sewerage from the
Borough of Richmond and from Barnes.