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Routine examinations of the Sutton District Water
Company's supply are undertaken by the Authorities in the
supply area upon an agreed rota, which provides for
bacteriological and chemical samples each month. The Company,
in addition to the examinations undertaken by their own
full-time Chemist, arrange for Consulting Chemists to undertake
monthly examinations. Copies of the reports of these
Consulting Chemists are received by local Medical Officers of
Health whilst the records of the Company's own analyses are
available for inspection by the Medical Officers.
Six samples of water from domestic taps were submitted
for chemical or bacteriological examination. The reports on
each sample were satisfactory.
During August complaints were received that water from
the newly erected drinking fountain in John Innes Park tasted
" flat Bacteriological and chemical samples were taken and
proved satisfactory. Subsequent samples were taken and
compared with tap water from the same main ; these again
proved satisfactory and no fundamental difference between
the two samples was detected.
Deep Wells. An additional deep well has been sunk in
Morden by the Express Dairy Company at their new bottling
premises in Morden Road.
The borehole is sunk to a depth of 500-ft., the standing
water level is 127-ft. 6-ins. below surface, and the well has an
estimated capacity of 2,300 gallons per hour.
For those interested in the geological formation on this
site, the borehole traverses the various strata in the following
order : Topsoil 1-ft., brown day 24-ft., blue clay 213-ft.,
Reading and Woolwich beds 59-ft. 6-ins., Thanet sand 28-ft.
and chalk and flint 103-ft. 6-ins., the remainder being hard
chalk.
For those interested in the geological features of this part
of the area a diagramatic sketch is reproduced on page 31.
There are now four deep wells in the district, the supplies
from which are used mainly for industrial purposes. They are
drawn from beneath the London clay. The boreholes vary
between 400-ft. and 500–ft. in depth and their capacity between
2,300 galls, and 7,000 galls, per hour.
Public Cleansing. The Council took over the collection of
house refuse themselves in October, 1909. It had been
previously done under contract. From that time a weekly
collection has been maintained with the exception of occasional
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