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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Water
The Metropolitan Water Board, the Colne Valley Water Company together with the Rickmansworth
and Uxbridge Water Board supply Brent with water. These supplies are not subject to plumbo-solvent action
and have been satisfactory both in quantity and quality. All dwelling houses and flats have a piped supply
direct from the mains and there were no complaints of any contamination during the year. Frequent bacteriological
and chemical examinations of the water are carried out by the various undertakings.
Sewage and Drainage
Most of the sewage from the Willesden area of the Borough is discharged into the Greater London
Council main sewers, and all that from the Wembley area together with a small amount from the Park Royal
area is discharged into the West Middlesex Main Drainage system.
The arrangements for sewage disposal are adequate and also those for sewerage with minor exceptions
due to local flooding associated with severe storms.
Refuse Disposal
The Amenities and Works Department deals with the provision of dustbins.
House refuse is collected weekly and trade refuse as often as required at an agreed charge. The
Greater London Council is responsible for the disposal of refuse by controlled tipping and by separation and
incineration.
Swimming Baths
The Director of Amenities and Works has kindly supplied the following information in respect of the
five swimming baths in the Borough.

SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA
(Tables 15-20)
Demolition and Closing Orders
A Demolition Order was made in respect of 112 Brondesbury Villas, N.W.6, and Closing Orders
were made in respect of the following properties : —
141 Carlton Vale, N.W.6 (basement rooms)
143 Carlton Vale, N.W.6 (top floor rooms)
14 Elms Lane, Sudbury (basement)
179 Purves Road, N.W.10 (whole house)
25 St. Julians Road, N.W.6 (basement)
43 St. Julians Road, N.W.6 (basement)
16 College Parade, Salusbury Road, N.W.6 (basement)
The Closing Order on 30 Chevening Road, N.W.6 (basement) and the Demolition Order on 184
Villiers Road, N.W.2 were determined because schedules of works to make the premises fit for human habitation
were completed satisfactorily in each case. The Demolition Order on 10 High Street, Wembley, was determined,
and a Closing Order substituted under Section 26 of the Housing Act, 1961, because the proposed tenant gave
an undertaking to carry out certain works and to use the premises as a book store only, planning permission
having been obtained in respect of this change of user.
Slum Clearance
During the year under review there were no proposals for slum clearance considered.
Houses in Multiple Occupation
Multiple occupation, resulting in over occupation of houses and inadequate provision of basic amenities
for families and persons, continued to be a problem.
It was apparent that this form of occupation was spreading with little control throughout the whole of
the Borough. This trend reflected not only the pressures for living accommodation within the Greater
London area but also the ever increasing cost of houses and high interest rates with subsequent difficulty in
repayment of mortgages.
It was decided to pursue with vigour a policy of inspection of existing houses in multiple occupation,
and for appropriate action to be taken to obtain compliance with statutory provisions and a Code of Practice
relating to occupation, the provision of amenities, and the provision of means of escape in case of fire.