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Registrations under Section 89 of the Merton and Morden Urban
District Council Act, 1936, at the end of the year were as follows:—
Ice Cream Dealers 135
Ice Cream Vendors (Itinerant) 18
Preserved Food Manufacturers 42
Public Cleansing. Normal operations for the collection and disposal
of refuse were continued throughout the year and a total of 16,949 tons
was collected from January to December. Repairs carried out to the firebrick
lining of the disposal plant and the introduction of a trade waste
incinerator have proved to be very effective in dealing with the various
types of refuse and trade waste handled at the disposal plant. The tonnage
of salvage collected during the year was:—
Tons
Paper 1,555
Tins 610
Cullet 234
Tons
Metal 162
Rags 100
Bottles 8
Rivers and Streams. No major works to rivers and streams was
carried out during the year but arrangements are in hand with the Surrey
County Council to carry out improvement works on the southern length
of the River Wandle in this district.
A length of ditch on the east side of Cannon Hill Lane, south of Elm
Walk junction, has been piped by Council direct labour.
Water Supply. The district is supplied by the Metropolitan Water
Board and by the Sutton District Water Company, their respective distributive
areas being approximately the parishes of Merton and Morden.
The supply of the Metropolitan Water Board is only sampled infrequently
as a routine; otherwise samples are taken when circumstances
indicate the necessity for local investigation. The Board supplies copies of
their official minutes in which the results of the examinations are recorded.
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.
All dwellings in the district have a piped supply and the water which is
both satisfactory in quality and quantity is not regarded as being plumbosolvent.
Four samples of water from domestic supply were submitted for
chemical or bacteriological examination during the year and the reports
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