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Sanitary Circumstances of the District. 15
Table shewing the number of deaths of residents of this district
ccurring in Public Hospitals in the Metropolitan area during 1911.

In this connection, it may be stated that the District Council
maintain an ambulance for conveyance of cases of illness from one
place to another.
Sanitary Circumstances of the District.
WATER SUPPLY.
The Water Supply is that of the Metropolitan Water Board; it
is a constant supply, is of good quality, and is stored and filtered
before it reaches the consumer. The only contamination to which the
water is liable is on the premises of the consumer, where it is
stored in tanks, which are in some cases uncovered and under
bedroom floors, in others in most inaccessible places for cleansing
purposes. It is imperative that all water used for domestic purposes,
and all water used on premises where food is prepared or
sold for human consumption, should be drawn direct from the main,
thus reducing any possibility of contamination in storage tanks.
This is being done in many cases throughout the district in a
gradual way.
The River Thames, forming one of the boundaries of the
district, is here subject to tidal variations, sometimes to an extreme