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The water has been of a consistently high standard of purity
and there is no record of any case of infectious disease being
transmitted by water.
A large number of houses in the Borough have no supply
of drinking water direct from the main, but are supplied from a
tank in the roof. Provided the tank is properly covered and is
cleansed regularly, it provides a satisfactory supply.
RIVERS AND STREAMS
Visits have been paid to all works suspected of discharging
effluent into surface water sewers.
CLOSET ACCOMMODATION
The whole of the district is on the water carriage system, the
houses being drained to the public sewer, then treated at the
works of the Wandle Valley Joint Sewerage Board.
PUBLIC CLEANSING
A weekly collection of house refuse is carried out by direct
labour. Eight refuse collection vehicles are in use.
A weekly collection of paper salvage was also made, two
vehicles being used for this purpose.
Pig food is collected three times weekly, except for the
months of June, July and August, when a daily collection is
made.
ERADICATION OF BED BUGS
Number of Council houses found infested during the year,
52.
Number of other houses found infested during the year, 30.
Number of requisitioned, etc., houses found infested during
the year, 8.
Total number of houses disinfested during the year, 60.
Methods employed: —
62 houses treated with insecticide spray (inclusive of
those treated on more than one occasion).
No private house was treated by the Council staff, but
advice was given and material supplied at cost price on request.