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Section III.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supply.
Throughout the district the water supply is from the waterworks
of the Metropolitan Water Board direct to the houses. This
supply is constant and is ample and of good quality.
No case of water-borne disease has been met with in the
District during the past year.
Almost entirely throughout the area the supply is through a
storage cistern; in an increasing number of houses water for
drinking purposes is available from a tap on the service pipe.
Periodical inspection of storage cisterns in poorer-class dwelling
houses has been carried out. The number of cisterns repaired
or renewed has been 11, and in 2 instances taps off the main have
been provided.
River and Stream Pollution.
No case of pollution of streams by effluents, solid refuse or
filth has come to my notice during 1926.
Drainage, Sewerage and Sewage Disposal.
There has been no important extension or change during the
year 1926 in the drainage or sewerage of the district or in the
method of sewage disposal. The water-carriage system of sewage
disposal is in use practically throughout the whole area.
Numerous defects in connection with drains of occupied houses
have been discovered by the Sanitary Inspectors and the defective
conditions remedied. Details of these defective conditions will be
found on reference to Table X., on page 23.