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SECTION III.
SPECIAL SANITARY MATTERS.
Water Supply.
The supply for the Borough is from three sources:
Deep Well, Petersham Well, and Southwark and
Vauxhall Water Company.
At various periods throughout the year the Medical Officer of
Health made chemical analyses of the water from the different
sources of supply, a procedure which has been followed by him
since his appointment in 1901. The results of the analyses together
with some suggestions were reported to the Health and Water
Committees, and are under consideration by the Water Committee.
Street
Improvement
Committee.
The Street Improvement Committee completed the
financial and other arrangements for the widening of
George Street during the year, and are now considering
the best means of dealing with the Red Lion Street
area.
Red Lion Street
Area.
Previous to the appointment of the present
Medical Officer of Health, the Council by resolution
directed the Street Improvement Committee
to formulate an improvement scheme for dealing with the badly
constructed and irregularly arranged houses in the vicinity of Red
Lion Street. In 1901, certain plots of property in this area were
purchased by the Corporation, but owing to delay consequent on
the Property being Copyhold of the Manor this was not enfranchised
until the last year. This delay did not arise from any neglect on
the part of the Corporation or its Officials. Upon completion of
these negotiations, certain of the houses were closed and others