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RIVERS AND STREAMS,
The opening of the new sewage disposal works belonging
to the Hogsmill Valley Joint Sewage Board to which sewage
from Epsom is taken "by trunk sewer should result in a
considerable improvement in the state of the water of the
Hogsmill River which forms the Borough boundary for some
two miles on the eastern side.
SWIMMING BATHS.
Publicly owned bath.
Surbiton Lagoon, situated in Raeburn Avenue, is an open air
pool 165 feet long and 90 feet wide, with a depth of three to
nine feet. There is also a paddling pool for small children.
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 twelve samples
were taken by the Public Health Department for chemical and
bacteriological examination all of which proved to be 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 water. Seven samples
were taken by the Department to ensure adequate chlorination.
REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL.
Refuse and salvage collection is under the control of the
Borough Engineer. The rate of collection was maintained at seven
day intervals except when interfered with by holidays and sickness.
The refuse is transported to a central loading depot in
the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames, transferred to large
haulage wagons and then moved by contract for disposal into privately
owned water-filled gravel pits.
FACTORIES ACTS, 1957 and 1948.
The total number of factories on the register at the end of
the year was 260 ( 223 mechanical, 29 non-mechanical,and
8 works of building construction).

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