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SWIMMING BATH.
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 from Metropolitan Water Board mains and 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 twenty-four 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
with changes of water as necessary. Pour samples were taken by the
Public Health Department to ensure adequate chlorination and fitness
for bathing, all of which proved to be satisfactory.
REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL.
Refuse and salvage collection is under the control of the Borough
Engineer. The 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 under contract for disposal into privately owned pits.
SEWERAGE
There are very few cesspools remaining, nearly all properties
in the Borough being now connected to the public sewerage system.
A little trouble is being experienced in the Hook area with the
sewers which are proving inadequate to deal with the many new
properties connected to them, and a new relief sewer is to be
constructed by the Council along the Hook Road at an early date.
Flooding during times of heavy rainfall is also occurring in
several parts of the Borough and sundry remedial works are being put
in hand including a new surface water sewer in the Tolworth area.
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