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20
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
WATER SUPPLY
Except for eight houses in Goat Road, supplied by the Sutton
Water Company, the whole of Mitcham is supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board. A few factories have an additional supply
from deep wells.
There are six licensed caravan yards, each with a stand pipe,
supplying altogether a total of 18 caravans.
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, but this collection ceased on
31st March, 1953.
Pig food is collected three times weekly, except for the
months of June, July and August, when a daily collection is
made.