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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
WATER SUPPLY
With the exception of eight houses in Goat Road, the whole
of the Borough is supplied by the mains of the Metropolitan
Water Board. The houses in Goat Road are supplied from the
Sutton Water Company.
RIVERS AND STREAMS
Twenty visits have been paid to all works suspected of discharging
effluent into surface water sewers.
CLOSET ACCOMMODATION
With very few exceptions the whole of the district is on the
water carriage system, the houses being drained to the public
sewer. At the end of the year there were three pail closets and
one cesspool in use.
PUBLIC CLEANSING
A fortnightly collection of house refuse is carried out by
direct labour. Four dust collection vehicles are in use.
A fortnightly collection of salvage is also made, two vehicles
being used for this purpose.
ERADICATION OF BED BUGS
Number of Council houses found infested during year 91
Number of other houses found infested during the year 15
Number of houses disinfected during the year 106
Number of Council houses disinfected by Council staff 91
Number of requisitioned, etc., houses disinfected by
Council staff 15
Number of Council houses disinfested by Contractors nil
Methods employed:—
100 rooms treated with sulphur dioxide (Cescones).
203 room treated with insecticide spray (Lethane)
(inclusive of rooms treated on more than one
occasion).
No private houses are treated by the Council staff,
but advice is given and material supplied at
cost price on request.