[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell,

  • Camberwell (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1964]
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    6 SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES Water Supply The water supply to every dwelling house in the Brouht is provided direct from the mains of the Metro polition Water Board, and at no time during the ye ar was it found to be unsatisfactory either in quality quantity. Drainage and Sewerage Applications for approval in respect of the drainage of new buildings or the reconstruction of existing numbered 210 during the year. These works were c arried out under the supervision of the Council's Public Health Inspectors. The programme of sewer reconstruction, which is under the control of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor, proceeded with the relaying of 3,477 lineal f eet of sewers during the year. Vacant Sites Nuisances arising from the 'dumping' of refuse on vacant sites continued to present considerable P r oblams. Although the Borough Engineer and Surveyor arrang ed for the prompt removal of offensive material from these sites on a number of occasions at the request of the M edical Officer of Health, deposits of refuse of all kinds rapidly accumulated again on many of them. Despite the vigilance of the Council's Officers it was not possible to di scover the identity of any of the persons responsible. Nuisances from Noise There were several complaints during the year of a nuisance of noise from industrial premises. In every case representations were made to the management who p r oved to be most co-operative, and undertook all reasonable staps to reduce noise to a minimum. It is inevitable that where factories are situated in close proximity to dwelling houses complaint will continue to be received from time to time. The full solution to this problem is linked with wise town Planning for tomorrow. In the meanwhile, the present pol icy of