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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Water Supply.
The water throughout the district is furnished by the
Metropolitan Water Board, and is a constant supply of excellent
quality. Monthly reports by the Board are supplied giving details
of their chemical and bacteriological examinations.
Public Cleansing
Refuse and Salvage Collection
The rate of the collection of refuse and salvage, except when
Bank Holidays interfered with the collection, was maintained at once
in every seven days.
Rivers and Streams.
Hogsmill River
The widening of the course of this stream through the Borough
is nearly completed, but the state of the water is likely to remain
unsatisfactory until the effluent from the Epsom Sewage Disposal
Works is no longer discharged into it.
A new sewer is under construction which will soon carry sewage
from Epsom to the joint disposal works being provided in Lower
Marsh Lane.
Meanwhile notice boards are still displayed warning against
bathing and paddling in the Hogsmill River.
Swimming Baths and Pools
Publicly owned baths
Surbiton Lagoon, situated in Raeburn Avenue, Surbiton, is an
open air pool 165 feet long and 90 feet wide, with a depth of three
to nine feet.
The water is treated by continuous pressure sand filtration,
sterilisation by breakpoint chlorination and oxygenation over an
ornamental cascade.
Periodical samples of water are taken by the Borough Engineer
and the plant adjusted as necessary. In addition eleven samples
were taken by the Public Health Department for both chemical and
bacteriological examination all of which proved to be satisfactory.
Privately owned bath open to the public.
Ace of Spades Swimming Pool, Kingston-By-Pass Road,is an open
air pool 40 feet by 20 feet with a depth of 4 feet to 7 feet 6 inches.
The water is treated by continuous pressure sand filtration,
sterilisation by injection of chlorine and oxygenation over an
ornamental cascade.
Five samples were taken by the Department and were satisfactory.
School Bath
One private school has a small swimming bath which is used
only by scholars and staff. Sterilisation is by hand dosing with
chlorine coupled with frequent changes of the water. Six samples
were taken by the Department to ensure adequate chlorination.
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