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Drainage and Sewerage.
No extensions or replacements have been made during the year.
Rivers and Streams.
Only normal cleansing and maintenance has been carried out.
Negotiations were in progress between the Surrey County Council
and the 5 riparian local authorities concerned, with a view to the County
Council relieving these authorities of the work of maintenance and
carrying out the work themselves by direct labour.
One complaint was received and adequately dealt with.
Closet Accommodation.
All houses have water closets. All are connected to sewers except
18 which are in non-sewered areas.
Public Cleansing.
Shortage of labour and transport prevented a return to the prewar
standards of refuse and salvage collection. It is hoped that these
difficulties may soon be overcome.
The refuse disposal plant was out of action owing to the necessity
for a complete overhaul and reconstruction for the last seven months
of the year, during which time disposal was by tipping by arrangement
with a neighbouring authority.
Sanitary Inspection.
The following information, supplied by the Chief Sanitary Inspector,
under Article 27 of the Sanitary Officers' Regulations, 1935,
indicates the action taken in sanitary inspection during the year.
Investigations were made with regard to 1,974 complaints as
follows:—
Drains obstructed 256
Sewers obstructed 1
Drainage defects 103
General defective conditions 248
Dampness 59
Roofs, gutters, etc. 60
Sink waste pipes 17
Water supplies 16
Dustbins 490
Accumulations 29
Refuse Collection 32
Smoke nuisance 5
Rivers, ditches, ponds 1
Unsound food 133
Overcrowding 150
Obnoxious effluvia 4
Verminous premises 11
Scabies —
Head Lice —
Rats and Mice 216
Wasps 18
Ants 3
Beetles 3
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