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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.
The district is in the Metropolitan Water Board area, there being a constant
supply for all houses.
Rivers and Streams.
The Enfield sewage farm is in Edmonton; this and our own sewage farm
discharge their effluents into the River Lea.
The following short report by Mr. Cuthbert Brown, Engineer and Surveyor
to the Council, is of value, as it bears more or less directly on the health of the
district:—
"One hundred and eighty-six additional houses have been erected on the
Council's Housing site between Hazelbury Road and Victoria Road.
"A spectators' stand, additional cubicles for bathers, and a clubroom
have been built at the open-air swimming bath in Houndsfield Road. Four
additional hard tennis courts have been constructed at the Recreation Ground,
Church Street, and two hard courts at the Henry Barrass Sports Ground,
Houndsfield Road.
"Twenty-one acres of land at Firs Farm have been sown with grass seed
in preparation for further playing pitches.
"An open space of 1} acres at the corner of Bush Hill Road and Village
Road has been laid out and planted with shrubs.
"Ten new streets have been taken over by the Council as public highways
during the year, and about a mile of roads made up on the Council's Housing
Estate."
Scavenging.
The removal of house refuse is carried out by the Council under the supervision
of the Surveyor's department; the collection is once weekly, and refuse
is dumped on the Sewage Farm near the River Lea, on the eastern boundary
of the district.
An agreement is made with the County of Middlesex whereby the latter
undertake to keep down the rats on this dump for the sum of £50 per annum.
Owing to the success obtained by using gas for rat destruction, the estimate
for the forthcoming year has been reduced to £30, and the charge for the year
ending March 31st, 1928, has been reduced to a similar sum.
The supply of dustbins, where necessary, is obtained under Section 36
of the 1875 Act; two dustbins have been supplied by this authority, and the
cost recovered from the owner, as provided by the Act.
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