[Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Surrey County Council.

  • Surrey (England). County Council.
Date:
1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Surrey County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    is clean. The brook flows under Station Road by Creek Bridge, and then passes through Barnes Common, where a footbridge spans it and sluice gates are interposed. The flow is rapid but there is much debris in places, a surface water drain (X27) empties into the brook which crosses under Glebe Road, where it receives several smal] surface water drains from adjoining yards, it flows under Belvue Road, passes between houses, and receives several small surface water drains. It goes under Rectory Road, where there are disused sluice gates, it crosses under Elm Grove Road and is culverted under Rock’s Lane. The brook enters Ranelagh Club grounds and passes under the main road. It reaches two large flood gates, takes an obtuse bend, having Wandsworth refuse dump on the right bank; here barges are loaded with refuse which is ultimately dumped in the sea. At this point at least two-thirds of the channel, which is now about twenty yards broad, consist of silt. The brook enters the Thames after passing under a bridge at the junction of Embankment Road and the towpath. TRIBUTARIES. Tributary A. The Pylbrook. The Pylbrook has its origin as an underground spring in the centre of Sutton and is piped to form the main surface water drain of the town. It receives numerous other springs, including probably the running spring situated in West Street. The brook emerges from its culvert at Sorrento Road, Sutton, is broad and very shallow, being used as a ford. A surface water drain (XA1) discharges here ; the flow is fair, the bed stoney and the water turbid. After the ford the brook is two to three feet across, it winds behind Pylbrook Cottages and through allotments. At Clensham Lane it passes under a bridge and forms the left boundary of the Sutton Urban District Council Sewage Works; at this point the brook is about four feet broad, the flow poor, and the water is muddy, due no doubt to the road alterations which are being carried out in Clensham Lane. About two hundred yards below Clensham Lane, Sutton Sewage Works has an outfall (Y2) on the right bank of the brook. The stream broadens to about six feet and the flow is good. Sutton Sewacje Disposal Works. After the sewage is treated at the works, the effluent passes over coke breeze filters, flows along open channels and discharges into the Pylbrook on its right bank. The brook passes along the right of the footpath from Sutton to North Cheam, having the Sutton rubbish tip on its left. The stream