Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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This was done, and on September 29th and
30th, 1910, an Enquiry was held by the Local
Government Board, when the only opposition was
from the Kingston Corporation and the owners of
Lingfield Avenue, Kingston, who jointly objected
to the new sewers being constructed in the roads
belonging to the Borough or in any way traversing
their area. As an outcome of this opposition a
conference was held during the Enquiry by the
representatives of the two Authorities, and a Provisional
Agreement was entered into with Kingston
whereby the sewers are all to be kept within
the Urban District of Surbiton, and the effluent
outfall into the Thames was to be removed from
the place marked in the plan to a point further
away from the Kingston boundary. This would
entail an addition to the estimate as a consequence
of the diversion from the original plans.
On December 2nd, 1910, a communication was
received from the Local Government Board stating
that the proposals of the District Council were
generally satisfactory. They sanctioned a loan for
£10,000 for proceeding with the Southern Sewers,
i.e., the part of the work designed to relieve the
Tolworth Sewage Farm, and also pointed out a few
small amendments in the construction of tanks,
filters and sewers, and they further notified that
they would defer their general and formal sanction
to the loan until the Council had ascertained
what would be the additional expense of keeping
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